Troutdale, OR Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)

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 — which burned roughly 50,000 acres of the Gorge starting at Eagle Creek about 30 miles east of Troutdale — 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).