Verlot, WA
Verlot wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Verlot at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 257 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 Verlot at the 41st percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Verlot's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Verlot: 100% of its 257 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Verlot compares
Verlot's 59th-percentile standing inside Washington outpaces its 43rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Verlot ranks 18,045 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 261 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 43rd national percentile, Verlot rates elevated 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
With 100% of Verlot 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Verlot's 18,045-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Verlot, see the exposure-zones guide.