Queets, WA
Queets, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Queets's 67 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Queets at the 14th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Queets's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Queets: 71.6% of its 67 buildings, versus 28.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Queets ranks
Queets scores 15th nationally and 19th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Queets ranks 26,806 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,407 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 511 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Queets and the insurance market
Queets's low rating (15th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Queets (71.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Queets's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 67 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Queets. The exposure-zones guide covers what Queets's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.