Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Pullman at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 7,642 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pullman's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Pullman's buildings actually sit
90.3% of Pullman's 7,642 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 7,642 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Pullman against the rest of the country
Compare Pullman's two percentiles: 43rd within Washington, only 26th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pullman ranks 23,433 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,233 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 360 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pullman
At the 26th national percentile, Pullman rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 90.3% of Pullman outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pullman's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Pullman, see the exposure-zones guide.