Sudden Valley, WA
How exposed is Sudden Valley to wildfire?
Sudden Valley's 1,942 buildings earn a 54th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sudden Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Sudden Valley's 1,942 counted buildings, 67.1% carry Direct exposure and only 2.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Sudden Valley compares
Sudden Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (64th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sudden Valley ranks 14,673 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,642 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 230 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sudden Valley
Sudden Valley's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Sudden Valley's 67.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,942 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sudden Valley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sudden Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.