Cavalero, WA
Cavalero wildfire risk explained
Cavalero sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 641 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cavalero at the 12th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cavalero's buildings actually sit
67.2% of Cavalero's 641 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 21.5% Direct and 11.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Cavalero compares
Cavalero's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cavalero ranks 27,690 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,317 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 539 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Cavalero's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 67.2% of Cavalero's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cavalero's 27,690-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Cavalero, see the exposure-zones guide.