Royal City, WA
How exposed is Royal City to wildfire?
Royal City's 562 buildings earn a 93rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Royal City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Royal City's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Royal City (81.9% of 562 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Royal City ranks
There's little gap between Royal City's 93rd national percentile and its 85th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Royal City ranks 2,125 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,382 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 97 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Royal City
Royal City's very high rating (93rd 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Royal City (81.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Royal City's figures come from
Royal City's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Royal City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.