Boswell, OK
How exposed is Boswell to wildfire?
Boswell sits at the 82nd 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 507 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Boswell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
Where Boswell's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Boswell (61.5% of 507 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Boswell against the rest of the country
Boswell's 82nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 26th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 56 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boswell ranks 5,643 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,228 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 620 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Boswell
Boswell's 82nd-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
Because 61.5% of Boswell's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Boswell's figures come from
Boswell's 82nd-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 Boswell's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.