Ritzville, WA
Ritzville, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ritzville at the 78th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,263 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ritzville at the 77th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Where Ritzville's buildings actually sit
96.8% of Ritzville's 1,263 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 2.5% Direct and 0.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Ritzville against the rest of the country
Ritzville scores 78th nationally and 74th 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, Ritzville ranks 7,108 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,278 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 166 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ritzville
Ritzville's high rating (78th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ritzville (96.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Ritzville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ritzville's 7,108-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ritzville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.