Carlton, OR
Carlton wildfire risk explained
Carlton's 1,106 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Carlton at the 11th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Where Carlton's buildings actually sit
Only 8.4% of Carlton's 1,106 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Carlton compares
Carlton scores 9th nationally and 2nd 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, Carlton ranks 28,755 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 412 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Carlton and the insurance market
Carlton 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 9th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 91.6% of Carlton outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Carlton's figures come from
Carlton's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Carlton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.