Aurora, OR
How exposed is Aurora to wildfire?
USFS scores Aurora at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 561 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 Aurora at the 31st percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Aurora's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Aurora (85.4% of 561 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Aurora against the rest of the country
Aurora scores 27th nationally and 25th 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, Aurora ranks 23,012 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,394 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 315 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Aurora and the insurance market
Aurora sits in Oregon, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. Sellers here disclose wildfire-hazard status before closing, the same number this page reports at the 27th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Aurora (85.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Aurora's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Aurora's 23,012-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aurora's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.