Redwood, OR
How exposed is Redwood to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Redwood lands at the 95th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,860 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Redwood at the 95th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Redwood's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Redwood's 1,860 counted buildings, 70.9% carry Direct exposure and only 19.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Redwood against the rest of the country
Redwood's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redwood ranks 1,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,883 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 73 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Redwood and the insurance market
Redwood 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 95th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Redwood (70.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Redwood's figures come from
Redwood's 95th-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 Redwood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.