Castle, OK
How exposed is Castle to wildfire?
Castle's 150 buildings earn a 96th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Castle's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Where Castle's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 88% of Castle's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 12% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 132 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Castle against the rest of the country
Castle's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oklahoma (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castle ranks 1,390 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,891 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 139 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
Castle'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.
Hardening a home in Castle
With 88% of Castle 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 Castle's figures come from
Castle'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 Castle's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.