Meadow Glade, WA
How exposed is Meadow Glade to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Meadow Glade lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,466 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Meadow Glade at the 38th national percentile — 5 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
60.2% of Meadow Glade's 1,466 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 882 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 39.8% are Minimal.
Meadow Glade against the rest of the country
Compare Meadow Glade's two percentiles: 52nd within Washington, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Meadow Glade ranks 21,164 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,332 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 302 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Meadow Glade and the insurance market
At the 33rd national percentile, Meadow Glade rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Meadow Glade (60.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Meadow Glade's 21,164-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Meadow Glade, see the exposure-zones guide.