Rosburg, WA
How exposed is Rosburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Rosburg at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 388 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 Rosburg at the 25th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
388 buildings are counted in Rosburg, and 96.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 3.6% rated Minimal.
How Rosburg compares
Rosburg's 40th-percentile standing inside Washington outpaces its 24th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosburg ranks 23,904 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,457 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 379 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
Rosburg's moderate wildfire rating (24th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Rosburg (96.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Rosburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rosburg's 23,904-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rosburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.