Heceta Beach, OR
Heceta Beach, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Heceta Beach lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,423 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Heceta Beach at the 20th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Heceta Beach rates 46% Minimal exposure against just 21.2% Direct and 32.9% Indirect — of 1,423 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Heceta Beach ranks
Heceta Beach's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Heceta Beach ranks 25,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,518 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 361 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Heceta Beach
Because Heceta Beach 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 46% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Heceta Beach gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Heceta Beach's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Heceta Beach's 25,002-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Heceta Beach's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.