Tekoa, WA
How exposed is Tekoa to wildfire?
Tekoa sits at the 48th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 536 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tekoa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 78.7% of Tekoa's 536 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 17.7% Direct and 3.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Tekoa against the rest of the country
Tekoa's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (61st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (48th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tekoa ranks 16,470 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,792 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 244 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tekoa
At the 48th national percentile, Tekoa rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 78.7% of Tekoa'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tekoa's 16,470-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Tekoa, see the exposure-zones guide.