Sapulpa, OK
Sapulpa wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sapulpa lands at the 91st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 11,171 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sapulpa at the 94th percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
11,171 buildings are counted in Sapulpa, and 62.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 35% in Direct exposure or the 3% rated Minimal. At 11,171 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Sapulpa against the rest of the country
Sapulpa ranks lower within Oklahoma (53rd percentile statewide) than its 91st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sapulpa ranks 2,780 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,416 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 391 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Sapulpa and the insurance market
At the 91st percentile nationally, Sapulpa 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 Sapulpa
Because 62.1% of Sapulpa'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 Sapulpa's figures come from
Sapulpa's 91st-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 Sapulpa's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.