Springdale, WA
Springdale wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Springdale at the 96th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 230 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Springdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Springdale's building exposure, zone by zone
230 buildings are counted in Springdale, and 50.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Springdale ranks
Springdale scores 96th nationally and 89th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Springdale ranks 1,339 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 71 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Springdale and the insurance market
At the 96th percentile nationally, Springdale carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Springdale (50.4% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Springdale's 1,339-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Springdale, see the exposure-zones guide.