Blackburn, OK
Blackburn wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Blackburn lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 112 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blackburn at the 98th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
86.6% of Blackburn's 112 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 97 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 13.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Blackburn ranks
Blackburn scores 97th nationally and 92nd 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, Blackburn ranks 1,008 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,555 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 63 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blackburn
Blackburn's 97th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 86.6% of Blackburn 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 Blackburn's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blackburn's 1,008-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blackburn's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.