Weippe, ID
Weippe wildfire risk explained
Weippe sits at the 96th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 456 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 Weippe at the 96th percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
Where Weippe's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 52.9% of Weippe's 456 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Weippe ranks
Weippe scores 96th nationally and 82nd within Idaho — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weippe ranks 1,384 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,152 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 43 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Weippe and the insurance market
At the 96th percentile nationally, Weippe carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Weippe
Because 52.9% of Weippe'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
Weippe's 96th-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 Weippe, see the exposure-zones guide.