Meeker, OK
Meeker wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Meeker at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 697 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Meeker at the 95th 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
USFS classifies 53.8% of Meeker's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 46.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 375 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Meeker ranks
Meeker ranks lower within Oklahoma (74th percentile statewide) than its 94th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Meeker ranks 1,834 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,694 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 216 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Meeker and the insurance market
Meeker's 94th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Meeker's 53.8% 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 697 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meeker. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Meeker, see the exposure-zones guide.