Ukiah, OR
Ukiah wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ukiah at the 96th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 217 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ukiah at the 97th percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
Ukiah's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ukiah (68.2% of 217 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Ukiah ranks
Ukiah scores 96th nationally and 85th 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, Ukiah ranks 1,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 63 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Ukiah and the insurance market
Ukiah 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 96th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ukiah's 68.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ukiah's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ukiah's 1,395-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ukiah's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.