Troutdale, OR
How exposed is Troutdale to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Troutdale lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,388 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Troutdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Troutdale's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Troutdale's buildings (56.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 5,388 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Troutdale against the rest of the country
Troutdale scores 44th nationally and 40th 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, Troutdale ranks 17,597 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,205 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 253 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Troutdale and the insurance market
Troutdale 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 44th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Troutdale
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Troutdale (56.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Troutdale's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,388 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Troutdale. The exposure-zones guide covers what Troutdale's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.