Stansberry Lake, WA
How exposed is Stansberry Lake to wildfire?
Stansberry Lake's 932 buildings earn a 25th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stansberry Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Stansberry Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
932 buildings are counted in Stansberry Lake, and 56.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1% rated Minimal.
Stansberry Lake against the rest of the country
Compare Stansberry Lake's two percentiles: 41st within Washington, only 25th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stansberry Lake ranks 23,684 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,458 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 372 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Stansberry Lake and the insurance market
Stansberry Lake's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Stansberry Lake
Because Direct exposure dominates in Stansberry Lake (56.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Stansberry Lake's figures come from
Stansberry Lake's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stansberry Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.