Kirkpatrick, OR
Kirkpatrick, OR's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kirkpatrick sits at the 90th 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 123 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 Kirkpatrick at the 92nd percentile, close to its 90th-percentile risk score.
Where Kirkpatrick's buildings actually sit
95.1% of Kirkpatrick's 123 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 117 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 4.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Kirkpatrick ranks
Kirkpatrick ranks lower within Oregon (74th percentile statewide) than its 90th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kirkpatrick ranks 3,223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,031 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 111 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Kirkpatrick and the insurance market
Because Kirkpatrick 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 Kirkpatrick
With 95.1% of Kirkpatrick 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
Kirkpatrick's 90th-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 Kirkpatrick, see the exposure-zones guide.