Riverbend, WA
Riverbend wildfire risk explained
Riverbend's 962 buildings earn a 67th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Riverbend at the 64th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Riverbend's building exposure, zone by zone
962 buildings are counted in Riverbend, and 56.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Riverbend against the rest of the country
Riverbend's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (70th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (67th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Riverbend ranks 10,481 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,214 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 189 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverbend
At the 67th percentile nationally, Riverbend carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Riverbend's 56.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Riverbend's 10,481-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Riverbend, see the exposure-zones guide.