Springfield, OR
How exposed is Springfield to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Springfield lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 22,371 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Springfield at the 49th 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
22,371 buildings are counted in Springfield, and 63.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 3.5% in Direct exposure or the 32.5% rated Minimal. At 22,371 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Springfield ranks
Springfield's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (47th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Springfield ranks 16,840 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 602 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 239 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Springfield and the insurance market
Springfield's 47th-percentile score lands in Oregon, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. Oregon's own hazard map feeds directly into that disclosure requirement. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Hardening a home in Springfield
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Springfield (63.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Springfield's 47th-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 Springfield, see the exposure-zones guide.