Oceanside, OR
How exposed is Oceanside to wildfire?
Oceanside's 633 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Oceanside at the 36th percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Oceanside's building exposure, zone by zone
82.3% of Oceanside's 633 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 17.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Oceanside ranks
There's little gap between Oceanside's 41st national percentile and its 37th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oceanside ranks 18,602 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,433 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 265 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Oceanside and the insurance market
Oceanside's 41st-percentile score lands in Oregon, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. Oregon's own hazard map feeds directly into that disclosure requirement. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
What would actually reduce this score
Oceanside's 82.3% 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 Oceanside's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Oceanside's 18,602-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Oceanside's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.