Sherwood, OR
Sherwood, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sherwood sits at the 32nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,389 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 Sherwood at the 34th percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
Where Sherwood's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 48% of Sherwood's 6,389 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 4.2% Direct and 47.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 6,389 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Sherwood ranks
Sherwood scores 32nd nationally and 31st 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, Sherwood ranks 21,377 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,709 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 292 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sherwood
Sherwood 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 32nd national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Sherwood
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sherwood (48% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Sherwood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,389 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sherwood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sherwood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.