Cornelius, OR
Cornelius wildfire risk explained
Cornelius's 3,982 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cornelius at the 8th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cornelius's buildings actually sit
Most of Cornelius's buildings (81.4% of 3,982) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Cornelius against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Cornelius's 7th national percentile and its 1st percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cornelius ranks 29,322 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,269 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 418 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
Cornelius's 7th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 81.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cornelius gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cornelius's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cornelius's 29,322-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cornelius's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.