Sedro-Woolley, WA
Sedro-Woolley, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Sedro-Woolley at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 5,285 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sedro-Woolley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Where Sedro-Woolley's buildings actually sit
74.8% of Sedro-Woolley's 5,285 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10% Direct and 15.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 5,285 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Sedro-Woolley against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Sedro-Woolley's 22nd national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sedro-Woolley ranks 24,756 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,267 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 418 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
At the 22nd national percentile, Sedro-Woolley rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sedro-Woolley
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sedro-Woolley (74.8% 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 5,285 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sedro-Woolley. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sedro-Woolley, see the exposure-zones guide.