Santiago, WA
Santiago, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Santiago lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 39 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Santiago at the 30th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Santiago: 100% of its 39 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Santiago compares
Within Washington, Santiago ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Santiago ranks 20,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,199 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 294 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Santiago
Santiago's moderate rating (35th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Santiago's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Santiago's figures come from
Santiago's 35th-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 Santiago's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.