Cohassett Beach, WA
Cohassett Beach, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Cohassett Beach's 584 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cohassett Beach at the 12th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cohassett Beach's buildings actually sit
51.4% of Cohassett Beach's 584 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.7% Direct and 27.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Cohassett Beach ranks
Cohassett Beach scores 12th nationally and 14th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cohassett Beach ranks 27,624 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,055 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 537 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cohassett Beach
Cohassett Beach'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 51.4% of Cohassett Beach'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.
Where Cohassett Beach's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cohassett Beach's 27,624-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cohassett Beach's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.