Seneca, OR
How exposed is Seneca to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Seneca at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 199 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seneca's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Seneca's buildings actually sit
199 buildings are counted in Seneca, and 70.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 29.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Seneca compares
There's little gap between Seneca's 93rd national percentile and its 78th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seneca ranks 2,279 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,900 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 92 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
Seneca 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 93rd national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Seneca's 70.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Seneca's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Seneca's 2,279-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seneca's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.