Juniper Canyon, OR
Juniper Canyon wildfire risk explained
Juniper Canyon sits at the 85th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,390 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Juniper Canyon at the 83rd percentile, close to its 85th-percentile risk score.
Juniper Canyon's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 87% of Juniper Canyon's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 12.9% Indirect share and far above its 0.2% Minimal share — a profile where 2,078 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Juniper Canyon against the rest of the country
Juniper Canyon's 85th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 66th ranking inside Oregon does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Juniper Canyon ranks 4,828 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,532 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 143 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Juniper Canyon and the insurance market
Juniper Canyon 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 85th national percentile. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 87% of Juniper Canyon in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Juniper Canyon's 85th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Juniper Canyon, see the exposure-zones guide.