Pleasant Valley, OR
Pleasant Valley wildfire risk explained
Pleasant Valley's 488 buildings earn a 51st-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 Pleasant Valley at the 50th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Pleasant Valley's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 488 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pleasant Valley against the rest of the country
Pleasant Valley scores 51st nationally and 47th 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, Pleasant Valley ranks 15,516 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,576 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 225 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley's 51st-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
Pleasant Valley's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Pleasant Valley's figures come from
Pleasant Valley's 51st-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 Pleasant Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.