Walla Walla East, WA
Walla Walla East, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Walla Walla East sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,193 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Walla Walla East's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Walla Walla East's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 56.2% of Walla Walla East's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 43.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Walla Walla East compares
Walla Walla East's 54th-percentile standing inside Washington outpaces its 35th 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, Walla Walla East ranks 20,597 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,694 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 292 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 35th national percentile, Walla Walla East 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
Walla Walla East's 56.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Walla Walla East's figures come from
Walla Walla East's 35th-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 Walla Walla East's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.