Milton-Freewater, OR
How exposed is Milton-Freewater to wildfire?
USFS scores Milton-Freewater at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,636 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Milton-Freewater at the 84th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
Where Milton-Freewater's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Milton-Freewater (93.6% of 2,636 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Milton-Freewater compares
Milton-Freewater's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 64th ranking inside Oregon does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milton-Freewater ranks 5,523 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,040 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 152 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
Milton-Freewater 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 83rd national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Milton-Freewater
Because 93.6% of Milton-Freewater's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Milton-Freewater's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Milton-Freewater's 5,523-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Milton-Freewater's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.