Warrenton, OR
Warrenton, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Warrenton's 2,788 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Warrenton at the 20th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Where Warrenton's buildings actually sit
Only 37.1% of Warrenton's 2,788 buildings carry Direct exposure and 10.6% carry Indirect; the remaining 52.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Warrenton compares
Warrenton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Warrenton ranks 25,313 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,789 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 368 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Warrenton and the insurance market
Because Warrenton 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.
Hardening a home in Warrenton
Warrenton's 52.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Warrenton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,788 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Warrenton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Warrenton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.