Tenino, WA
Tenino wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Tenino at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 998 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tenino at the 52nd percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Tenino's building exposure, zone by zone
87.7% of Tenino's 998 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 12.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Tenino against the rest of the country
Tenino scores 48th nationally and 62nd 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, Tenino ranks 16,375 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,953 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 242 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Tenino and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, Tenino rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Tenino
Because 87.7% of Tenino'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 998 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tenino. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Tenino, see the exposure-zones guide.