Lexington, OK
Lexington wildfire risk explained
Lexington's 1,169 buildings earn a 85th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lexington at the 86th national percentile — 0 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
1,169 buildings are counted in Lexington, and 75% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 23.9% in Direct exposure or the 1.1% rated Minimal.
How Lexington compares
Lexington's 85th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 32nd ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 53 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lexington ranks 4,609 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,837 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 563 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lexington
At the 85th percentile nationally, Lexington 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lexington (75% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lexington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lexington's 4,609-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lexington's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.