Gate, OK
Gate wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gate lands at the 96th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 140 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gate at the 97th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Gate's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 80.7% of Gate's 140 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 19.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Gate against the rest of the country
Gate's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oklahoma (88th 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, Gate ranks 1,137 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,297 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 94 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gate
At the 96th percentile nationally, Gate 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
Because 80.7% of Gate'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
Gate's 96th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Gate, see the exposure-zones guide.