Wollochet, WA
Wollochet wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wollochet lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,849 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wollochet's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Wollochet's building exposure, zone by zone
Wollochet rates 67.7% Minimal exposure against just 29.1% Direct and 3.2% Indirect — of 2,849 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Wollochet compares
Wollochet's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (22nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (16th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wollochet ranks 26,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,666 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 489 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wollochet
Wollochet's low wildfire rating (16th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Wollochet
Wollochet's 67.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Wollochet's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wollochet's 26,395-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wollochet's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.