Venersborg, WA
Venersborg wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Venersborg at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,527 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Venersborg at the 50th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Venersborg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 90.8% of Venersborg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 9.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 2,294 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Venersborg against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Venersborg's 48th national percentile and its 61st percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Venersborg ranks 16,405 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,249 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 243 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Venersborg
At the 48th national percentile, Venersborg rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 90.8% of Venersborg in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Venersborg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,527 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Venersborg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Venersborg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.