O'Brien, OR
O'Brien wildfire risk explained
O'Brien sits at the 99th 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 381 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 O'Brien at the 98th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Where O'Brien's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in O'Brien: 95.5% of its 381 buildings, versus 4.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
O'Brien against the rest of the country
O'Brien scores 99th nationally and 96th 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, O'Brien ranks 387 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,630 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 18 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in O'Brien
Because O'Brien 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.
What would actually reduce this score
O'Brien's 95.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
O'Brien's 99th-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 O'Brien, see the exposure-zones guide.