Coquille, OR
How exposed is Coquille to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Coquille lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,139 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Coquille at the 46th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Coquille's building exposure, zone by zone
84.2% of Coquille's 2,139 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 15.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Coquille ranks
Coquille scores 47th nationally and 44th 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, Coquille ranks 16,650 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,095 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 235 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coquille
Because Coquille 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Coquille's 84.2% 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 Coquille's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Coquille's 16,650-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Coquille's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.