Dufur, OR
Dufur wildfire risk explained
Dufur sits at the 97th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 445 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dufur's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
Dufur's building exposure, zone by zone
85.8% of Dufur's 445 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Dufur compares
Dufur's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dufur ranks 1,085 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,369 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 52 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dufur
Because Dufur 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 85.8% of Dufur'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 445 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dufur. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dufur, see the exposure-zones guide.