Barlow, OR
Barlow, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Barlow at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 67 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 Barlow at the 24th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Barlow's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 94% of Barlow's 67 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Barlow ranks
Barlow's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barlow ranks 25,163 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,394 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 365 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barlow
Barlow's 20th-percentile score lands in Oregon, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. Oregon's own hazard map feeds directly into that disclosure requirement. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 94% of Barlow'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.
Where Barlow's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 67 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Barlow. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barlow's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.