Mustang, OK
How exposed is Mustang to wildfire?
Mustang sits at the 87th 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 8,649 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 Mustang at the 87th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Mustang's building exposure, zone by zone
47.2% of Mustang's 8,649 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.1% Direct and 22.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 8,649 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Mustang ranks
Mustang ranks lower within Oklahoma (35th percentile statewide) than its 87th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mustang ranks 4,254 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,924 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 542 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mustang
Mustang's very high rating (87th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Mustang's 47.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mustang's 4,254-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mustang, see the exposure-zones guide.