West Linn, OR
West Linn, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
West Linn's 9,589 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Linn at the 33rd national percentile — 1 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
57.7% of West Linn's 9,589 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.7% Direct and 30.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 9,589 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How West Linn compares
West Linn scores 34th nationally and 32nd 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 Linn ranks 20,934 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,698 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 285 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
West Linn's 34th-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.
Hardening a home in West Linn
Because 57.7% of West Linn's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where West Linn's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 9,589 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Linn. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Linn's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.