Sprague, WA
Sprague, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sprague sits at the 95th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 430 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sprague at the 95th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
Sprague's building exposure, zone by zone
88.4% of Sprague's 430 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Sprague against the rest of the country
Sprague's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sprague ranks 1,654 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,663 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 85 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sprague
Sprague's 95th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Sprague's 88.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Sprague's 95th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sprague, see the exposure-zones guide.