Preston, OK
How exposed is Preston to wildfire?
Preston's 221 buildings earn a 92nd-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 Preston at the 94th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Preston's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Preston: 78.7% of its 221 buildings, versus 21.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Preston against the rest of the country
Inside Oklahoma, Preston sits at just the 58th percentile even though it scores 92nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Preston ranks 2,528 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,092 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 354 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Preston
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Preston 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.
Hardening a home in Preston
Preston's 78.7% 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.
Where Preston's figures come from
Preston's 92nd-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 Preston's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.