Kingston, OK
How exposed is Kingston to wildfire?
USFS scores Kingston at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,056 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kingston at the 84th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,056 buildings are counted in Kingston, and 67.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Kingston compares
Kingston's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 55 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston ranks 5,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,563 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 604 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
Kingston's very high rating (83rd 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 Kingston
Kingston's 67.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kingston's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,056 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kingston. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kingston's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.