Oregon Shores, OR
Oregon Shores wildfire risk explained
Oregon Shores's 236 buildings earn a 82nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Oregon Shores at the 83rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Oregon Shores's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Oregon Shores: 94.5% of its 236 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 5.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Oregon Shores ranks
Inside Oregon, Oregon Shores sits at just the 64th percentile even though it scores 82nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oregon Shores ranks 5,586 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,612 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 154 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Oregon Shores and the insurance market
Because Oregon Shores 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Oregon Shores (94.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Oregon Shores's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 236 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Oregon Shores. The exposure-zones guide covers what Oregon Shores's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.