Seiling, OK
How exposed is Seiling to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Seiling lands at the 83rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 724 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seiling's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
Where Seiling's buildings actually sit
Only 15.9% of Seiling's 724 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0.6% carry Indirect; the remaining 83.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Seiling against the rest of the country
Seiling's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 27th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 56 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seiling ranks 5,491 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,407 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 612 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Seiling and the insurance market
Seiling's very high rating (83rd 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.
Hardening a home in Seiling
With 83.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Seiling gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Seiling's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Seiling's 5,491-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seiling's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.