Twisp, WA
How exposed is Twisp to wildfire?
USFS scores Twisp at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 771 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 Twisp at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Twisp (86.6% of 771 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Twisp against the rest of the country
Twisp scores 100th nationally and 99th 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, Twisp ranks 142 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,912 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 8 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Twisp
Twisp's very high rating (100th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Twisp
Twisp's 86.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 771 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Twisp. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Twisp, see the exposure-zones guide.