Ione, OR
Ione wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Ione at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 263 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ione at the 96th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
63.5% of Ione's 263 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 36.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Ione ranks
There's little gap between Ione's 95th national percentile and its 83rd percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ione ranks 1,645 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,747 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 71 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ione
Ione's 95th-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
Ione's 63.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 263 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ione. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ione, see the exposure-zones guide.