Deschutes River Woods, OR
How exposed is Deschutes River Woods to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Deschutes River Woods at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,226 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Deschutes River Woods at the 69th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Deschutes River Woods's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Deschutes River Woods's 3,226 counted buildings, 89.5% carry Direct exposure and only 1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Deschutes River Woods ranks
There's little gap between Deschutes River Woods's 69th national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deschutes River Woods ranks 9,843 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,133 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 192 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
Deschutes River Woods's 69th-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.
Hardening a home in Deschutes River Woods
Because Direct exposure dominates in Deschutes River Woods (89.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Deschutes River Woods's figures come from
Deschutes River Woods's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Deschutes River Woods's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.