Marcola, OR
How exposed is Marcola to wildfire?
Marcola's 440 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marcola at the 75th national percentile — 2 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
68.9% of Marcola's 440 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 303 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 31.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Marcola ranks
Marcola's 73rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 56th ranking inside Oregon does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marcola ranks 8,616 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,465 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 184 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marcola
Marcola 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 73rd national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Marcola
Marcola's 68.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Marcola's figures come from
Marcola's 73rd-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 Marcola's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.