West Slope, OR
West Slope, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Slope lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,637 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Slope's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Where West Slope's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 92% of West Slope's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
West Slope against the rest of the country
There's little gap between West Slope's 21st national percentile and its 14th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Slope ranks 24,972 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,039 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 360 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Slope
West Slope's 21st-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 92% of West Slope outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,637 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Slope. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond West Slope, see the exposure-zones guide.