Washougal, WA
Washougal, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Washougal's 6,561 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Washougal's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Where Washougal's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 87% of Washougal's 6,561 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 10% Direct and 3% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 6,561 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Washougal ranks
There's little gap between Washougal's 50th national percentile and its 62nd percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Washougal ranks 15,839 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 238 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Washougal
Washougal's elevated rating (50th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 87% of Washougal's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Washougal's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Washougal, see the exposure-zones guide.