West Scio, OR
West Scio wildfire risk explained
USFS scores West Scio at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 144 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Scio at the 22nd percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of West Scio's 144 counted buildings, 59% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where West Scio ranks
West Scio scores 18th nationally and 10th 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 Scio ranks 25,885 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,132 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 379 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Scio
Because West Scio 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 59% of West Scio in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where West Scio's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Scio's 25,885-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Scio's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.