Gaston, OR
Gaston, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Gaston at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 294 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gaston at the 27th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Gaston (86.4% of 294 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Gaston against the rest of the country
Gaston scores 26th nationally and 23rd 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, Gaston ranks 23,242 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,801 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 324 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Gaston and the insurance market
Gaston 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 26th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Gaston
Because 86.4% of Gaston'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gaston's 23,242-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gaston, see the exposure-zones guide.