Brooks, OR
How exposed is Brooks to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brooks lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 226 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brooks's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Brooks's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Brooks's buildings (92% of 226) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Brooks ranks
Brooks's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (8th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brooks ranks 27,079 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,925 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 386 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Brooks and the insurance market
Brooks's 14th-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
Brooks's 92% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Brooks's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 226 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brooks. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brooks's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.