Columbia City, OR
Columbia City wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Columbia City lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 944 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Columbia City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Columbia City (93% of 944 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Columbia City ranks
There's little gap between Columbia City's 25th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Columbia City ranks 23,583 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,357 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 333 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
Columbia City 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 25th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Columbia City's 93% 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.
More on how this number was built
Columbia City's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Columbia City, see the exposure-zones guide.