Winlock, WA
Winlock wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Winlock at the 25th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,035 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Winlock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 29th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.8% of Winlock's 1,035 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 557 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 46.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Winlock ranks
Within Washington, Winlock ranks higher (42nd percentile) than it does nationally (25th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winlock ranks 23,590 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 365 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Winlock and the insurance market
Winlock's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 53.8% of Winlock in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,035 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Winlock. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Winlock, see the exposure-zones guide.