Dewey, OK
Dewey, OK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dewey 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 1,945 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dewey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
Where Dewey's buildings actually sit
Dewey rates 59.7% Minimal exposure against just 14.9% Direct and 25.4% Indirect — of 1,945 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Dewey compares
Inside Oklahoma, Dewey sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 82nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dewey ranks 5,839 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,632 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 632 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
At the 82nd percentile nationally, Dewey carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 59.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dewey gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,945 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dewey. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Dewey, see the exposure-zones guide.