Woodland, WA
Woodland wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Woodland at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,639 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Woodland at the 39th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Woodland's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Woodland (90.8% of 2,639 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Woodland ranks
Compare Woodland's two percentiles: 56th within Washington, only 38th nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodland ranks 19,622 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 278 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Woodland and the insurance market
Woodland's moderate rating (38th 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 Woodland
Woodland's 90.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Woodland's figures come from
Woodland's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woodland's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.