Harper, OR
How exposed is Harper to wildfire?
USFS scores Harper at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 158 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 Harper at the 94th percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Where Harper's buildings actually sit
Most of Harper's buildings (54.4%) 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.
Harper against the rest of the country
Harper scores 94th nationally and 81st 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, Harper ranks 1,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 80 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Harper and the insurance market
Because Harper 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 Harper
Harper's 54.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
Harper's 94th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Harper, see the exposure-zones guide.