Guymon, OK
Guymon wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Guymon at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 5,414 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Guymon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Guymon's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Guymon's buildings (51.3% of 5,414) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 5,414 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Guymon ranks
Guymon ranks lower within Oklahoma (57th percentile statewide) than its 92nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Guymon ranks 2,558 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,191 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 358 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Guymon and the insurance market
Guymon's very high rating (92nd 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.
Hardening a home in Guymon
Guymon's 51.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Guymon's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Guymon, see the exposure-zones guide.