Westfir, OR
Westfir wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Westfir lands at the 88th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 174 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 Westfir at the 88th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Westfir's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Westfir's 174 counted buildings, 96.6% 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.
Where Westfir ranks
Westfir ranks lower within Oregon (71st percentile statewide) than its 88th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westfir ranks 3,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,867 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oregon alone, it ranks 124 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oregon on its state page.
Westfir and the insurance market
Westfir's 88th-percentile score lands in Oregon, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. Oregon's own hazard map feeds directly into that disclosure requirement. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
What would actually reduce this score
With 96.6% of Westfir 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.
Where Westfir's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Westfir's 3,820-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Westfir's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.