Qui-nai-elt Village, WA
Qui-nai-elt Village, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Qui-nai-elt Village sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 79 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Qui-nai-elt Village at the 16th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Qui-nai-elt Village's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 68.4% of Qui-nai-elt Village's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 54 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Qui-nai-elt Village ranks
Qui-nai-elt Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (18th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Qui-nai-elt Village ranks 25,828 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,950 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 467 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Qui-nai-elt Village's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Qui-nai-elt Village
Qui-nai-elt Village's 68.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Qui-nai-elt Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Qui-nai-elt Village's 25,828-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Qui-nai-elt Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.