Canton, OK
Canton, OK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Canton sits at the 72nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 515 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Canton at the 69th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Canton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 91.3% of Canton's 515 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 8.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Canton against the rest of the country
Canton ranks lower within Oklahoma (11th percentile statewide) than its 72nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canton ranks 8,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,106 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 741 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canton
Canton's 72nd-percentile, 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 91.3% of Canton'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 515 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Canton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Canton, see the exposure-zones guide.