Falls City, OR
How exposed is Falls City to wildfire?
Falls City sits at the 44th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 614 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Falls City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
614 buildings are counted in Falls City, and 66.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Falls City compares
Falls City scores 44th nationally and 40th within Oregon — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Falls City ranks 17,530 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 251 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
Falls City's 44th-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
Falls City's 66.3% 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.
Where Falls City's figures come from
Falls City's 44th-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 Falls City's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.