Warden, WA
Warden wildfire risk explained
Warden sits at the 75th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 977 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Warden at the 73rd percentile, close to its 75th-percentile risk score.
Warden's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Warden (91.5% of 977 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 3% sit in the Direct zone.
Warden against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Warden's 75th national percentile and its 73rd percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Warden ranks 7,959 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,095 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 173 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Warden
Warden's high rating (75th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Warden (91.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Warden's 7,959-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Warden, see the exposure-zones guide.