Tamaha, OK
Tamaha, OK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Tamaha's 205 buildings earn a 96th-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, Tamaha's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
Tamaha's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 88.3% of Tamaha's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 181 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Tamaha against the rest of the country
Tamaha's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oklahoma (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tamaha ranks 1,176 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,671 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 101 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Tamaha and the insurance market
Tamaha's 96th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tamaha (88.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Tamaha's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tamaha's 1,176-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tamaha's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.