WildfireRiskFinder

Camp Sherman, OR

How exposed is Camp Sherman to wildfire?

Very High
95thpercentile nationally

Camp Sherman's 292 buildings earn a 95th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Separately from the risk score above, Camp Sherman's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.

Camp Sherman's building exposure, zone by zone

292Total buildings
100%Direct exposure
0%Indirect exposure
0%Minimal exposure

292 buildings are counted in Camp Sherman, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.

Where Camp Sherman ranks

Camp Sherman's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (84th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Camp Sherman ranks 1,613 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,860 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 69 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

Camp Sherman 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 95th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.

Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it

Camp Sherman's 100% 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 292 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Camp Sherman. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Camp Sherman, see the exposure-zones guide.