Jacksonville, OR
Jacksonville, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jacksonville sits at the 98th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,692 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jacksonville at the 98th 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
Most of Jacksonville's buildings (69%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Jacksonville ranks
There's little gap between Jacksonville's 98th national percentile and its 94th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jacksonville ranks 518 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 28 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jacksonville
Jacksonville 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 98th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Jacksonville's 69% 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.
Where Jacksonville's figures come from
Jacksonville's 98th-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 Jacksonville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.