Purdy, WA
Purdy, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Purdy at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 867 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Purdy at the 20th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Purdy's buildings actually sit
58.7% of Purdy's 867 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.7% Direct and 3.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Purdy ranks
Purdy's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Purdy ranks 25,355 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,017 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 443 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Purdy
Purdy's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Purdy (58.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Purdy's figures come from
Purdy's 20th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Purdy's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.