Lostine, OR
Lostine wildfire risk explained
Lostine's 205 buildings earn a 92nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lostine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Where Lostine's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 56.1% of Lostine's 205 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Lostine compares
Lostine scores 92nd nationally and 78th within Oregon — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lostine ranks 2,499 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,672 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 94 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lostine
Because Lostine 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Lostine's 56.1% 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 Lostine's figures come from
Lostine's 92nd-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 Lostine's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.