North Plains, OR
North Plains wildfire risk explained
North Plains sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,422 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Plains at the 14th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,422 buildings are counted in North Plains, and 89.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.3% in Direct exposure or the 3.7% rated Minimal.
How North Plains compares
North Plains scores 12th nationally and 4th 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, North Plains ranks 27,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,527 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 402 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Plains
Because North Plains 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in North Plains (89.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where North Plains's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Plains's 27,683-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Plains's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.