WildfireRiskFinder

Lebanon, OR

Lebanon, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Moderate
26thpercentile nationally

Out of every US place USFS scores, Lebanon lands at the 26th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 7,052 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lebanon at the 30th national percentile — 3 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

7,052Total buildings
4.7%Direct exposure
85.5%Indirect exposure
9.8%Minimal exposure

Most of Lebanon's buildings (85.5%) 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. At 7,052 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.

Lebanon against the rest of the country

Lebanon's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (23rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lebanon ranks 23,209 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 323 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

Lebanon's 26th-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.

Hardening a home in Lebanon

With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lebanon (85.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.

Where Lebanon's figures come from

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,052 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lebanon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lebanon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.