Cheshire, OR
How exposed is Cheshire to wildfire?
Cheshire's 236 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cheshire's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Cheshire: 66.1% of its 236 buildings, versus 33.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Cheshire against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Cheshire's 23rd national percentile and its 19th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cheshire ranks 24,185 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 340 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cheshire
Because Cheshire is in Oregon, a wildfire-hazard disclosure is legally required before a sale closes here — unusual nationally, since only these two states mandate it. Full detail in the disclosure-law guide.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 66.1% of Cheshire in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Cheshire's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cheshire's 24,185-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cheshire's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.