Bethel Acres, OK
Bethel Acres, OK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bethel Acres sits at the 89th 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 2,606 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bethel Acres's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Bethel Acres's building exposure, zone by zone
2,606 buildings are counted in Bethel Acres, and 98.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Bethel Acres against the rest of the country
Inside Oklahoma, Bethel Acres sits at just the 42nd percentile even though it scores 89th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bethel Acres ranks 3,596 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,085 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 485 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Bethel Acres and the insurance market
Bethel Acres's very high rating (89th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 98.3% of Bethel Acres 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 Bethel Acres's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bethel Acres's 3,596-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bethel Acres's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.