Clatskanie, OR
Clatskanie, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clatskanie lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 839 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clatskanie at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Where Clatskanie's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 78.2% of Clatskanie's 839 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 21.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Clatskanie compares
There's little gap between Clatskanie's 22nd national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clatskanie ranks 24,748 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,262 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 350 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Clatskanie and the insurance market
Clatskanie's 22nd-percentile score lands in Oregon, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. Oregon's own hazard map feeds directly into that disclosure requirement. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Clatskanie's 78.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Clatskanie's figures come from
Clatskanie's 22nd-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 Clatskanie's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.