Zillah, WA
Zillah wildfire risk explained
Zillah's 1,263 buildings earn a 86th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Zillah at the 88th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Zillah's buildings (82.3%) 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.
Zillah against the rest of the country
Zillah's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (77th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (86th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Zillah ranks 4,428 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 146 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Zillah
Zillah's very high rating (86th 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 Zillah
Zillah's 82.3% 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 Zillah's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Zillah's 4,428-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Zillah's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.