Purcell, OK
Purcell wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Purcell at the 86th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 3,566 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Purcell at the 86th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.8% of Purcell's 3,566 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Purcell compares
Inside Oklahoma, Purcell sits at just the 34th percentile even though it scores 86th 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, Purcell ranks 4,389 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,697 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 549 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Purcell and the insurance market
Purcell's very high rating (86th 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
Because 67.8% of Purcell's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Purcell's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,566 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Purcell. The exposure-zones guide covers what Purcell's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.