Harrisburg, OR
How exposed is Harrisburg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Harrisburg lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,556 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Harrisburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Where Harrisburg's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Harrisburg (77.1% of 1,556 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 2.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Harrisburg against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Harrisburg's 12th national percentile and its 4th percentile inside Oregon, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrisburg ranks 27,715 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,937 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 403 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Harrisburg 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 12th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Harrisburg
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Harrisburg (77.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Harrisburg's 27,715-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Harrisburg, see the exposure-zones guide.