Vader, WA
How exposed is Vader to wildfire?
USFS scores Vader at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 432 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 Vader at the 30th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
Vader's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Vader's buildings (69.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Vader ranks
Compare Vader's two percentiles: 46th within Washington, only 28th nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vader ranks 22,803 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,617 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 340 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Vader and the insurance market
At the 28th national percentile, Vader rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 69.9% of Vader'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.
Where Vader's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vader's 22,803-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Vader's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.