Oketo, KS
How exposed is Oketo to wildfire?
Oketo's 88 buildings earn a 65th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oketo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Where Oketo's buildings actually sit
67.1% of Oketo's 88 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 33% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Oketo compares
There's little gap between Oketo's 65th national percentile and its 60th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oketo ranks 11,000 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,576 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 291 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Oketo and the insurance market
Oketo's high rating (65th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 67.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Oketo gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Oketo's figures come from
Oketo's 65th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Oketo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.