Whidbey Island Station, WA
Whidbey Island Station wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Whidbey Island Station at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 394 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Whidbey Island Station's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Whidbey Island Station's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Whidbey Island Station's buildings (85.5% of 394) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Whidbey Island Station ranks
Whidbey Island Station's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whidbey Island Station ranks 27,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,344 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 542 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Whidbey Island Station
Whidbey Island Station's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Whidbey Island Station
With 85.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Whidbey Island Station 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
Whidbey Island Station's 12th-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 Whidbey Island Station, see the exposure-zones guide.