Wheeler, WA
Wheeler, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wheeler's 40 buildings earn a 40th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wheeler at the 40th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wheeler's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 15% of Wheeler's 40 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Wheeler ranks
Wheeler's 57th-percentile standing inside Washington outpaces its 40th 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, Wheeler ranks 18,831 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,186 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 269 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 40th national percentile, Wheeler rates elevated 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
With 85% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wheeler 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
Wheeler's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wheeler, see the exposure-zones guide.