Kiowa, OK
Kiowa, OK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kiowa sits at the 98th 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 586 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 Kiowa at the 99th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
Kiowa's building exposure, zone by zone
58.2% of Kiowa's 586 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 41.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Kiowa compares
Kiowa's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oklahoma (99th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kiowa ranks 547 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,026 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 11 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Kiowa and the insurance market
At the 98th percentile nationally, Kiowa 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 Kiowa
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Kiowa (58.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Kiowa's 98th-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 Kiowa, see the exposure-zones guide.