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KCFD3 Levy Rates

Beginning in 2025 the Fire Protection Levy is collected under West Klickitat Regional Fire Authority.

Properties withinin KCFD3 are still responsible for the  Capital Bond Levy.

 

WKRFA Regular Fire Protection Levy

WKRFA operates using funds levied by the county on property values in the district and the City of White Salmon.

The operating budget each year is based on expected revenues from the levy. Each year, by law, we are allowed up to a 1% increase in property tax revenue over the previous year.

As property values in the district increase the levy rate decreases.

  • The 2025 Regular Levy rate is $0.76 per $1,000 property value.
Bar and line graph showing levy rates and total tax from 2017 to 2025; the total tax increases, and the levy rate decreases then rises.
Past KCFD3 levy and rates and New 2025 WKRFA levy  and rate.

 

Excess Levy (Capital Bond)

KCFD3 has an Excess Levy for the Capital Bond that was voted for and approved by the constituents of the fire district in 2018. The district requires a levy amount that will cover the repayment cost of the Bond each year. The levy rate for the Bond has been decreasing as property values in the district increase. In 2024 KCFD3 paid a lump sum to reduce the  life of the bond and reduce the payment and interest amounts for the remainder of the bond life.  The Bond will be paid off by 2036. Properties in the City of White Salmon do not pay the Bond Levy.

  • The 2025 levy rate for the Bond is $0.21 per $1,000 property values.
Bar and line chart showing KCFD3 bond levy amounts and rate from 2019 to 2025. Total tax is relatively stable; rate decreases.
KCFD3  Bond Levy. 
 
KCFD3 Combined Levy Rate.

Properties within the KCFD3 boundaries are taxed for the regular Levy and the Bond Levy.

The 2025 combined rate per $1,000 of property value is $0.97.

Bar chart showing regular and bond levy amounts with a line graph for tax rates from 2017 to 2025.
KCFD3 Combined levy rate.