Scappoose, OR
Scappoose wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Scappoose lands at the 24th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 3,225 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Scappoose at the 26th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 89.2% of Scappoose's 3,225 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 10.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Scappoose compares
Scappoose scores 24th nationally and 20th 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, Scappoose ranks 24,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 338 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 Scappoose 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
Because 89.2% of Scappoose'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 Scappoose's figures come from
Scappoose's 24th-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 Scappoose's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.