Beatty, OR
Beatty wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Beatty lands at the 91st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 69 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beatty at the 93rd percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
Where Beatty's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Beatty: 73.9% of its 69 buildings, versus 26.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Beatty ranks
Beatty ranks lower within Oregon (75th percentile statewide) than its 91st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beatty ranks 2,813 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,329 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 104 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Because Beatty 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 Beatty
Because Direct exposure dominates in Beatty (73.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Beatty's 2,813-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Beatty, see the exposure-zones guide.