Sutherlin, OR
How exposed is Sutherlin to wildfire?
Sutherlin's 4,209 buildings earn a 62nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sutherlin at the 59th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
77.6% of Sutherlin's 4,209 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Sutherlin against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Sutherlin's 62nd national percentile and its 50th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sutherlin ranks 11,954 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,050 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 210 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sutherlin
Sutherlin's 62nd-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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sutherlin (77.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,209 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sutherlin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sutherlin, see the exposure-zones guide.