Cosmopolis, WA
Cosmopolis wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Cosmopolis at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 898 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cosmopolis's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
898 buildings are counted in Cosmopolis, and 84.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 15.7% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal.
Where Cosmopolis ranks
Cosmopolis scores 18th nationally and 24th 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, Cosmopolis ranks 25,987 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,741 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 474 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Cosmopolis
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Cosmopolis (84.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 898 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cosmopolis. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Cosmopolis, see the exposure-zones guide.