Tieton, WA
How exposed is Tieton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tieton at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 561 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tieton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
561 buildings are counted in Tieton, and 56.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Tieton against the rest of the country
Tieton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tieton ranks 836 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,398 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 40 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Tieton and the insurance market
At the 97th percentile nationally, Tieton carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Tieton's 56.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tieton's 836-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Tieton, see the exposure-zones guide.