Raymond, WA
Raymond, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Raymond lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,671 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Raymond's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 82.7% of Raymond's 1,671 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 16.1% Direct and 1.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Raymond compares
Raymond scores 23rd nationally and 37th 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, Raymond ranks 24,250 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,522 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 394 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Raymond and the insurance market
Raymond's moderate rating (23rd 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
Because 82.7% of Raymond's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Raymond's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,671 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Raymond. The exposure-zones guide covers what Raymond's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.