Crescent Lake, OR
Crescent Lake, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Crescent Lake's 417 buildings earn a 79th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crescent Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 81st percentile nationally.
Where Crescent Lake's buildings actually sit
Of Crescent Lake's 417 counted buildings, 97.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Crescent Lake compares
Crescent Lake ranks lower within Oregon (61st percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crescent Lake ranks 6,563 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,892 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 165 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Crescent Lake
Crescent Lake 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 79th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Crescent Lake's 97.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 417 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Crescent Lake. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Crescent Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.