Grayland, WA
How exposed is Grayland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grayland at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,180 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grayland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
Grayland's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Grayland (58% of 1,180 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 41.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Grayland against the rest of the country
Grayland scores 23rd nationally and 36th 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, Grayland ranks 24,442 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,772 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 401 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Grayland and the insurance market
Grayland's moderate rating (23rd 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Grayland (58% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grayland's 24,442-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Grayland, see the exposure-zones guide.