Pendleton, OR
How exposed is Pendleton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pendleton at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 6,714 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pendleton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Pendleton's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pendleton (89.1% of 6,714 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.5% sit in the Direct zone. At 6,714 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Pendleton compares
Pendleton scores 92nd nationally and 78th 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, Pendleton ranks 2,462 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,579 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 93 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pendleton
Pendleton's 92nd-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 Pendleton
Because 89.1% of Pendleton'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 Pendleton's figures come from
Pendleton's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pendleton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.