Cherry Grove, WA
Cherry Grove wildfire risk explained
Cherry Grove sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 451 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cherry Grove at the 44th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Cherry Grove's building exposure, zone by zone
451 buildings are counted in Cherry Grove, and 84.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.4% rated Minimal.
How Cherry Grove compares
Within Washington, Cherry Grove ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cherry Grove ranks 18,893 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,268 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 270 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cherry Grove
Cherry Grove's elevated wildfire rating (40th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Cherry Grove
With 84.3% of Cherry Grove in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Cherry Grove's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cherry Grove's 18,893-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cherry Grove's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.