Waller, WA
Waller, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Waller sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,862 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Waller's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Waller rates 77.2% Minimal exposure against just 22.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 4,862 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Waller against the rest of the country
Waller scores 12th nationally and 14th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waller ranks 27,846 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,518 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 545 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
Waller's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Waller
With 77.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Waller gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,862 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Waller. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Waller, see the exposure-zones guide.