Wishram, WA
Wishram wildfire risk explained
Wishram's 277 buildings earn a 96th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wishram at the 97th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wishram's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Wishram's buildings (56%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Wishram compares
There's little gap between Wishram's 96th national percentile and its 90th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wishram ranks 1,309 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,309 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 67 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Wishram and the insurance market
Wishram's very high rating (96th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Wishram
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Wishram (56% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Wishram's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 277 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wishram. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wishram's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.