Barnsdall, OK
Barnsdall wildfire risk explained
Barnsdall sits at the 96th 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 830 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 Barnsdall at the 98th percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
Barnsdall's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Barnsdall's buildings (74.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Barnsdall against the rest of the country
Barnsdall scores 96th nationally and 87th within Oklahoma — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barnsdall ranks 1,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,347 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 113 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Barnsdall and the insurance market
Barnsdall's very high rating (96th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Barnsdall
Barnsdall's 74.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Barnsdall's figures come from
Barnsdall's 96th-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 Barnsdall's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.