Silver Lake, OR
Silver Lake, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Silver Lake sits at the 90th 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 194 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 Silver Lake at the 91st percentile, close to its 90th-percentile risk score.
Silver Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Silver Lake (54.1% of 194 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 45.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Silver Lake against the rest of the country
Silver Lake ranks lower within Oregon (74th percentile statewide) than its 90th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silver Lake ranks 3,192 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,098 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 109 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Silver Lake
Because Silver Lake 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 54.1% of Silver Lake'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.
More on how this number was built
Silver Lake's 90th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Silver Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.