Quilcene, WA
How exposed is Quilcene to wildfire?
Quilcene sits at the 39th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 630 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Quilcene at the 37th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Quilcene's building exposure, zone by zone
78.1% of Quilcene's 630 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 492 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 21.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.6% are Minimal.
Quilcene against the rest of the country
Quilcene's 56th-percentile standing inside Washington outpaces its 39th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quilcene ranks 19,399 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,454 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 276 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Quilcene
Quilcene's moderate wildfire rating (39th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 78.1% of Quilcene in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Quilcene's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Quilcene, see the exposure-zones guide.