Barnesdale, OR
Barnesdale wildfire risk explained
Barnesdale sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 183 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 Barnesdale at the 47th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Barnesdale's building exposure, zone by zone
183 buildings are counted in Barnesdale, and 99.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Barnesdale against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Barnesdale's 53rd national percentile and its 48th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barnesdale ranks 14,947 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,511 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 221 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Barnesdale and the insurance market
Because Barnesdale 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.5% of Barnesdale in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Barnesdale's figures come from
Barnesdale's 53rd-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 Barnesdale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.