There's a new way to assess wildfire risk and Yakima County is at the top of the danger zone. CoreLogic created what's called a Wildfire Risk Score.
With this score insurance companies and homeowners can know the risk their properties are at during wildfire season. When calculating this score, several factories go into play.
This includes the slope of your property, the steeper the slope the faster the fire can spread. The type of vegetation around your home and the fire history in this area.
Each home gets a score ranking from five to one hundred. Each score is placed in one of four categories, low, moderate, high and extreme.