Kerby, OR
Kerby, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kerby's 425 buildings earn a 99th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kerby's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Kerby's 425 counted buildings, 87.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Kerby compares
Kerby's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oregon (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kerby ranks 358 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,749 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 16 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kerby
Because Kerby 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kerby (87.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kerby's figures come from
Kerby's 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kerby's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.