Sammamish, WA
How exposed is Sammamish to wildfire?
Sammamish's 20,977 buildings earn a 26th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sammamish's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 41.4% of Sammamish's 20,977 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 21% Direct and 37.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 20,977 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Sammamish ranks
Within Washington, Sammamish ranks higher (43rd percentile) than it does nationally (26th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sammamish ranks 23,215 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 667 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 357 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sammamish
At the 26th national percentile, Sammamish rates moderate 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 Sammamish (41.4% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 20,977 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sammamish. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sammamish, see the exposure-zones guide.