Ballou, OK
How exposed is Ballou to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ballou at the 90th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 127 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ballou's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Ballou's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Ballou's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 127 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Ballou compares
Ballou ranks lower within Oklahoma (47th 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, Ballou ranks 3,189 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,865 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 440 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ballou
At the 90th percentile nationally, Ballou carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Ballou
Ballou's 100% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ballou's 3,189-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ballou, see the exposure-zones guide.