Most of Troutdale is mapped within the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) per the Multnomah County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan, primarily because of proximity to the Sandy River corridor, the Columbia River Gorge (site of the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire), and surrounding rural forested areas. Wildfire rules in Troutdale operate through the Oregon Fire Code adopted by Troutdale Municipal Code (TMC) Chapter 15.12, Oregon's statewide Wildfire Hazard Map and SB 762 building-code provisions, and seasonal East Multnomah County burn bans rather than through a separately codified city wildfire-zone ordinance.
Troutdale sits at the western entrance to the Columbia River Gorge and along the lower Sandy River. The Multnomah County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan (Gresham Fire / RFPD 10 chapter, which covers Troutdale, Fairview, and Wood Village) explicitly states that 'most of the City of Troutdale is considered to be a WUI area' due to proximity to risk areas. The 2017 Eagle Creek Fire β which burned roughly 50,000 acres of the Gorge starting at Eagle Creek about 30 miles east of Troutdale β drove regional fire-mitigation planning and informs Gresham Fire's response posture for the Troutdale area. Oregon's statewide framework includes: the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map maintained by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Forestry under Senate Bill 762 (2021), which assigns parcel-level hazard classes (Low, Moderate, High); the statewide WUI boundary used for code-application purposes; and OAR-driven Oregon Residential Specialty Code provisions (R327 / Oregon Building Codes Division wildfire mitigation rules) that may apply to new construction in High-Hazard / WUI parcels. Locally, TMC Chapter 15.12 adopts the Oregon Fire Code, which under Chapter 49 references WUI construction standards. Troutdale itself does not maintain a separate codified wildfire-zone overlay in its development code; wildfire-related building requirements derive from state law applied to parcels based on their hazard-map classification, and seasonal fire-risk management is handled through the East Multnomah County Burn Line (503-618-3083).
Building or altering a structure in a state-designated High-Hazard WUI parcel without complying with the Oregon Residential Specialty Code's wildfire-mitigation provisions can result in failed inspections, withheld certificates of occupancy, and code-enforcement action by the Oregon Building Codes Division and Gresham Fire's Fire Marshal. Failing to comply with East Multnomah County burn-ban orders during elevated wildfire risk is enforced as an Oregon Fire Code violation under TMC 15.12.
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