Bandon, OR
Bandon, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bandon sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,138 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bandon at the 25th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
Where Bandon's buildings actually sit
56.1% of Bandon's 2,138 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.7% Direct and 33.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Bandon compares
Bandon scores 26th nationally and 23rd 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, Bandon ranks 23,267 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,098 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 325 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bandon
Because Bandon 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 56.1% of Bandon's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,138 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bandon. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bandon, see the exposure-zones guide.