Perry, OK
How exposed is Perry to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Perry at the 85th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 3,183 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
Perry's building exposure, zone by zone
3,183 buildings are counted in Perry, and 60.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.5% in Direct exposure or the 19.8% rated Minimal.
Where Perry ranks
Perry ranks lower within Oklahoma (33rd percentile statewide) than its 85th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perry ranks 4,611 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,184 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 565 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Perry's 85th-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.
Hardening a home in Perry
Perry's 60.7% 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
Perry's 85th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Perry, see the exposure-zones guide.