Snoqualmie Pass, WA
Snoqualmie Pass, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Snoqualmie Pass at the 59th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 375 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 Snoqualmie Pass at the 57th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
375 buildings are counted in Snoqualmie Pass, and 56.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Snoqualmie Pass compares
Snoqualmie Pass's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (67th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Snoqualmie Pass ranks 12,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,772 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 211 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Snoqualmie Pass
Snoqualmie Pass's elevated wildfire rating (59th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Snoqualmie Pass's 56.3% 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 Snoqualmie Pass's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Snoqualmie Pass's 12,908-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Snoqualmie Pass's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.