Redmond, WA
Redmond, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Redmond at the 10th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 16,247 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Redmond's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 77.7% of Redmond's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 8.3% Direct and 14% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 16,247 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Redmond ranks
Redmond's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (11th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redmond ranks 28,256 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 894 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 560 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
Redmond's low wildfire rating (10th 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.
Hardening a home in Redmond
With 77.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Redmond gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Redmond's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Redmond's 28,256-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Redmond's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.