Alpine, OR
How exposed is Alpine to wildfire?
USFS scores Alpine at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 142 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alpine at the 33rd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Alpine's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 56.3% of Alpine's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 43.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 80 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Alpine against the rest of the country
Alpine's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (27th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (30th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alpine ranks 22,102 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,218 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 304 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alpine
Because Alpine 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.
Hardening a home in Alpine
Alpine's 56.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Alpine's figures come from
Alpine's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alpine's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.