Keizer, OR
Keizer, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Keizer at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 13,121 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Keizer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Where Keizer's buildings actually sit
Most of Keizer's buildings (65.3% of 13,121) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 13,121 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Keizer ranks
Keizer's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (5th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (13th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keizer ranks 27,492 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,163 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 398 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Because Keizer 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
Even with 65.3% of Keizer outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Keizer's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Keizer's 27,492-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Keizer's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.