Dayton, OR
Dayton, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dayton's 1,038 buildings earn a 19th-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 Dayton at the 21st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 87.9% of Dayton's 1,038 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9% Direct and 3.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Dayton compares
Dayton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dayton ranks 25,445 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,672 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 371 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dayton
Because Dayton 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
Because 87.9% of Dayton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Dayton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dayton's 25,445-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dayton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.