Ronald, WA
Ronald, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ronald lands at the 100th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 470 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ronald at the 100th national percentile — 0 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
470 buildings are counted in Ronald, and 52.1% 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.
Ronald against the rest of the country
Ronald's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (98th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (100th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ronald ranks 171 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,886 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 9 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Ronald and the insurance market
Ronald's very high rating (100th 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 52.1% of Ronald 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ronald's 171-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ronald, see the exposure-zones guide.