River Road, WA
River Road, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
River Road's 297 buildings earn a 18th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts River Road at the 21st percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Where River Road's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in River Road (84.5% of 297 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.8% sit in the Direct zone.
River Road against the rest of the country
There's little gap between River Road's 18th national percentile and its 25th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, River Road ranks 25,923 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,721 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 471 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in River Road
River Road's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in River Road
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in River Road (84.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 297 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for River Road. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond River Road, see the exposure-zones guide.