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lnternational Wildland Urban lnterface Code (lWUlC) as it pertains to future construction development in the Kittitas County and the second distinction as part of the holistic strategy brought forth by the National Cohesive Strategy's three goals: resilient landscapes, fire adapted communities and safe and effective wildfire response. 3.6.2 Wildland Urban lnterfoce Risk in the West According to the Headwaters Economic WUI snapshot report (2018), Kittitas County was in the 85th and B9th percentile of existing WUI risk (amount of forested land where homes have already been built next to public lands), and future WUI risk (the area of undeveloped, forested private land bordering fire-prone public lands) in the West (there are a total of 413 western counties and the higherthe percentile (100th percentile being the highest) the higherthe risk) in 2010. Kittitas County is in the 44th percentile in Washington State when ranked by existing risk and 69th percentile for future potential risk accordin g 2010 data. While home construction is not the only contributor to the rising cost of fighting fires, it is an important factor and one that is expected to rise with continued development, particularly in the absence of well thought-out land use planning. A warming climate will exacerbate the costs even further continuing the established risk rankings. 3.6.3 Wildland Urban lnterface Planning Areas The Kittitas County CWPP is multi-jurisdictional and addresses all lands and all ownership within the boundaries of the plan area. The Swauk-Liberty Planning area overlaps the Swauk Basin Wildfire Protection Plan last updated in January 2005. ln all nine identified sub regions, the 1.5-mile WUI boundary follows the CWPP planning area boundary. For the purposes of this CWPP, the WUI boundary and the CWPP planning area are a similar geographical region; however, the planning boundaries are more general and include private property that may be isolated from the WUI boundary. The Kittitas County WUI boundary is approximately 1,018 square miles and covers 651,795 acres. Table 1 Wildland Urban lntedace Planning Area Fire Coverage WUI Planning Area Name Acres Fire District Coverage Eastern Kittitas County 109,854 BLM, Yakima Training Center, DNR, Vantage Fire Department, Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue Kittitas Valley Upland 150,789 DNR, Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue, USFS Swauk-Liberty 75,500 DN& Kittitas County Fire District No. 7, USFS Manastash-Taneum 113,098 DNR, Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue, USFS Teanaway 22,332 Kittitas County Fire District No. 7, DNR North Lake Cle Elum 23,170 Kittitas County Fire District No. 6, DN& USFS Community Wildfire Protection Plan 21 September 201 I