Haines, OR
Haines wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Haines at the 90th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 355 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Haines at the 92nd percentile, close to its 90th-percentile risk score.
Where Haines's buildings actually sit
Most of Haines's buildings (57.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Haines compares
Haines ranks lower within Oregon (74th percentile statewide) than its 90th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Haines ranks 3,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,196 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 110 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Haines and the insurance market
Haines sits in Oregon, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. Sellers here disclose wildfire-hazard status before closing, the same number this page reports at the 90th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Haines's 57.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Haines's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Haines's 3,222-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Haines's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.