Sunland Estates, WA
Sunland Estates, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sunland Estates lands at the 96th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 516 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sunland Estates's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
93.8% of Sunland Estates's 516 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.3% Direct and 2.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Sunland Estates ranks
Sunland Estates's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sunland Estates ranks 1,434 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,094 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 75 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
Sunland Estates's 96th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 93.8% of Sunland Estates's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Sunland Estates's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sunland Estates's 1,434-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sunland Estates's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.