Ridgefield, WA
Ridgefield wildfire risk explained
Ridgefield sits at the 34th 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 3,846 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ridgefield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Where Ridgefield's buildings actually sit
Most of Ridgefield's buildings (56.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Ridgefield against the rest of the country
Within Washington, Ridgefield ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridgefield ranks 20,846 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 297 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Ridgefield and the insurance market
At the 34th national percentile, Ridgefield rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 56.3% of Ridgefield'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ridgefield's 20,846-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ridgefield, see the exposure-zones guide.