Valley, WA
Valley wildfire risk explained
Valley's 139 buildings earn a 93rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Valley at the 94th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
61.9% of Valley's 139 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 38.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Valley compares
There's little gap between Valley's 93rd national percentile and its 84th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valley ranks 2,285 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,349 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 103 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Valley
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Valley 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 61.9% of Valley'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 Valley's figures come from
Valley's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Valley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.