Kildare, OK
Kildare wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Kildare at the 86th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 78 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kildare at the 83rd percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Where Kildare's buildings actually sit
Only 23.1% of Kildare's 78 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 76.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Kildare ranks
Kildare ranks lower within Oklahoma (34th percentile statewide) than its 86th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kildare ranks 4,419 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,982 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 551 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 86th percentile nationally, Kildare 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.
Hardening a home in Kildare
With 76.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Kildare 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 78 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kildare. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kildare, see the exposure-zones guide.