Oregon City, OR
Oregon City wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Oregon City at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 13,693 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oregon City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Oregon City's buildings (68.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 13,693 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Oregon City ranks
Oregon City scores 37th nationally and 34th 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, Oregon City ranks 19,894 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,107 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 276 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
Oregon City's 37th-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.
Hardening a home in Oregon City
Oregon City's 68.6% 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 Oregon City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 13,693 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Oregon City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Oregon City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.