Edmond, OK
How exposed is Edmond to wildfire?
Edmond sits at the 79th 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 36,551 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Edmond's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
Edmond's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 72.6% of Edmond's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 26.3% Direct and 1.2% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 36,551 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Edmond compares
Edmond's 79th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 61 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edmond ranks 6,718 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 286 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 683 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Edmond and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Edmond carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Edmond's 72.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Edmond's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Edmond's 6,718-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edmond's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.