Eldon, OK
Eldon wildfire risk explained
Eldon sits at the 93rd 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 315 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Eldon at the 96th percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
Eldon's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Eldon's 315 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 315 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Eldon compares
Eldon's 93rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 68th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eldon ranks 2,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,238 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 275 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eldon
Eldon's very high rating (93rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Eldon (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Eldon's 2,110-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Eldon, see the exposure-zones guide.