Rockaway Beach, OR
Rockaway Beach, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rockaway Beach sits at the 45th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,967 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rockaway Beach's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Where Rockaway Beach's buildings actually sit
1,967 buildings are counted in Rockaway Beach, and 84.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 15.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Rockaway Beach compares
There's little gap between Rockaway Beach's 45th national percentile and its 41st percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockaway Beach ranks 17,312 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,569 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 247 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
Because Rockaway Beach 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Rockaway Beach (84.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockaway Beach's 17,312-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rockaway Beach, see the exposure-zones guide.