Touchet, WA
Touchet wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Touchet lands at the 73rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 310 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Touchet at the 72nd percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Where Touchet's buildings actually sit
41.6% of Touchet's 310 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 34.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Touchet against the rest of the country
Touchet's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (72nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (73rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Touchet ranks 8,557 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,380 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 176 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Touchet
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Touchet carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Touchet
Even with 41.6% of Touchet 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 310 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Touchet. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Touchet, see the exposure-zones guide.