Summit View, WA
Summit View, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Summit View lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 3,379 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Summit View's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Where Summit View's buildings actually sit
Most of Summit View's buildings (82.6% of 3,379) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Summit View compares
Summit View scores 11th nationally and 12th 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, Summit View ranks 27,974 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,946 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 552 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Summit View's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 82.6% of Summit View outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Summit View's figures come from
Summit View's 11th-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 Summit View's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.