Rainier, OR
Rainier wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Rainier at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,003 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rainier's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
69.1% of Rainier's 1,003 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.4% Direct and 0.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Rainier against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Rainier's 18th national percentile and its 10th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rainier ranks 25,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,912 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 380 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
Rainier sits in Oregon, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. Sellers here disclose wildfire-hazard status before closing, the same number this page reports at the 18th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Rainier
Because 69.1% of Rainier'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.
More on how this number was built
Rainier's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rainier, see the exposure-zones guide.