Selma, OR
Selma, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Selma sits at the 100th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 564 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Selma at the 99th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
Where Selma's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 98.2% of Selma's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 1.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 554 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Selma compares
Selma's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (98th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (100th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Selma ranks 166 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,345 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 9 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Selma
Because Selma 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
Selma's 98.2% 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 Selma's figures come from
Selma's 100th-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 Selma's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.