West Haven-Sylvan, OR
West Haven-Sylvan wildfire risk explained
West Haven-Sylvan sits at the 29th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,913 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Haven-Sylvan at the 26th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
West Haven-Sylvan's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 14.4% of West Haven-Sylvan's 2,913 buildings carry Direct exposure and 37.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 48.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How West Haven-Sylvan compares
West Haven-Sylvan scores 29th nationally and 27th 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, West Haven-Sylvan ranks 22,290 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,566 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 309 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Haven-Sylvan
West Haven-Sylvan 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 29th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 48.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Haven-Sylvan gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
West Haven-Sylvan's 29th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond West Haven-Sylvan, see the exposure-zones guide.