Metzger, OR
How exposed is Metzger to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Metzger at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,515 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Metzger at the 11th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Metzger's buildings actually sit
Metzger rates 96% Minimal exposure against just 4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,515 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Metzger against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Metzger's 11th national percentile and its 3rd percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Metzger ranks 28,156 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,101 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 406 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Metzger
Because Metzger 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
Even with 96% of Metzger 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,515 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Metzger. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Metzger, see the exposure-zones guide.