Lequire, OK
How exposed is Lequire to wildfire?
USFS scores Lequire at the 97th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 150 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lequire at the 98th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lequire's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 98% of Lequire's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 147 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Lequire ranks
Lequire's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oklahoma (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lequire ranks 1,048 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,892 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 73 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Lequire and the insurance market
At the 97th percentile nationally, Lequire 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Lequire's 98% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 150 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lequire. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lequire, see the exposure-zones guide.