Bristow, OK
How exposed is Bristow to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bristow at the 96th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 2,429 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bristow at the 97th percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,429 buildings are counted in Bristow, and 80.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Bristow against the rest of the country
Bristow scores 96th nationally and 83rd 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, Bristow ranks 1,421 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,439 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 145 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Bristow's 96th-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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bristow (80.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Bristow's figures come from
Bristow'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 Bristow's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.