Rockford, WA
How exposed is Rockford to wildfire?
USFS scores Rockford at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 412 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rockford at the 42nd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Rockford's building exposure, zone by zone
77.2% of Rockford's 412 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Rockford compares
Within Washington, Rockford ranks higher (58th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockford ranks 18,361 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 265 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockford
At the 42nd national percentile, Rockford rates elevated 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Rockford (77.2% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockford's 18,361-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rockford, see the exposure-zones guide.