Detroit, OR
How exposed is Detroit to wildfire?
Detroit's 284 buildings earn a 68th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Detroit at the 70th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Detroit's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 59.9% of Detroit's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 38% Indirect share and far above its 2.1% Minimal share — a profile where 170 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Detroit ranks
There's little gap between Detroit's 68th 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, Detroit ranks 10,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 194 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Detroit
Detroit's 68th-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 Detroit
With 59.9% of Detroit in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 284 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Detroit. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Detroit, see the exposure-zones guide.