Lincoln City, OR
Lincoln City, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lincoln City's 6,335 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lincoln City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Lincoln City's building exposure, zone by zone
80.4% of Lincoln City's 6,335 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.6% Direct and 13% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 6,335 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Lincoln City ranks
Lincoln City's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (37th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (41st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lincoln City ranks 18,701 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,734 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 267 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lincoln City
Lincoln City's 41st-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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lincoln City (80.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lincoln City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,335 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lincoln City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lincoln City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.