Fort Klamath, OR
Fort Klamath wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fort Klamath lands at the 93rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 85 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fort Klamath at the 96th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fort Klamath's building exposure, zone by zone
85 buildings are counted in Fort Klamath, and 92.9% 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.
Fort Klamath against the rest of the country
Fort Klamath scores 93rd nationally and 79th within Oregon — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Klamath ranks 2,217 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,703 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 89 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Klamath
Because Fort Klamath 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fort Klamath (92.9%), 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 Fort Klamath's 2,217-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fort Klamath, see the exposure-zones guide.