South Creek, WA
How exposed is South Creek to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Creek lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,811 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 South Creek at the 27th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Where South Creek's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 86.5% of South Creek's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 13.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,566 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where South Creek ranks
There's little gap between South Creek's 23rd national percentile and its 38th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Creek ranks 24,156 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 392 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Creek
South Creek's moderate rating (23rd 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
With 86.5% of South Creek in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
South Creek's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond South Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.