Grand Ronde, OR
How exposed is Grand Ronde to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grand Ronde at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,205 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grand Ronde at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Grand Ronde's buildings actually sit
Of Grand Ronde's 1,205 counted buildings, 78.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Grand Ronde ranks
Grand Ronde scores 43rd nationally and 39th 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, Grand Ronde ranks 18,100 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,619 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 257 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grand Ronde
Because Grand Ronde 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 Direct exposure dominates in Grand Ronde (78.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Grand Ronde's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,205 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grand Ronde. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grand Ronde's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.