Short, OK
How exposed is Short to wildfire?
Short's 276 buildings earn a 93rd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Short's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Short's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Short: 100% of its 276 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Short against the rest of the country
Short ranks lower within Oklahoma (68th percentile statewide) than its 93rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Short ranks 2,088 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,332 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 271 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Short and the insurance market
Short's 93rd-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 Short
Short's 100% 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 Short's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 276 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Short. The exposure-zones guide covers what Short's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.