Astoria, OR
Astoria, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Astoria lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 4,172 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Astoria at the 21st national percentile — 0 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
73.8% of Astoria's 4,172 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 15.6% Direct and 10.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Astoria compares
Astoria scores 21st nationally and 15th within Oregon — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Astoria ranks 24,939 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,078 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 359 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Astoria sits in Oregon, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. Sellers here disclose wildfire-hazard status before closing, the same number this page reports at the 21st national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Astoria
Because 73.8% of Astoria'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Astoria's 24,939-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Astoria, see the exposure-zones guide.