John Day, OR
John Day wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, John Day lands at the 92nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,149 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts John Day at the 93rd percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.5% of John Day's 1,149 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 24.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where John Day ranks
John Day scores 92nd nationally and 77th 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, John Day ranks 2,625 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,968 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 97 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
John Day 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 92nd national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in John Day (75.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where John Day's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,149 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for John Day. The exposure-zones guide covers what John Day's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.