Rochester, WA
Rochester, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rochester at the 27th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 4,059 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rochester at the 31st national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
4,059 buildings are counted in Rochester, and 63.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.6% rated Minimal.
How Rochester compares
Compare Rochester's two percentiles: 44th within Washington, only 27th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rochester ranks 23,178 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,181 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 354 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
At the 27th national percentile, Rochester rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Rochester
With 63.6% of Rochester in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,059 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rochester. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rochester, see the exposure-zones guide.