Upper Elochoman, WA
Upper Elochoman, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Upper Elochoman at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 198 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Upper Elochoman at the 24th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
198 buildings are counted in Upper Elochoman, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Upper Elochoman against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Upper Elochoman's 23rd national percentile and its 37th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Upper Elochoman ranks 24,314 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,943 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 396 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Upper Elochoman and the insurance market
Upper Elochoman's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Upper Elochoman (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Upper Elochoman's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Upper Elochoman's 24,314-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Upper Elochoman's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.