Tupelo, OK
How exposed is Tupelo to wildfire?
Tupelo's 261 buildings earn a 95th-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, Tupelo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 59.8% of Tupelo's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 156 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Tupelo against the rest of the country
Tupelo's 95th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 79th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tupelo ranks 1,585 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 177 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tupelo
Tupelo's very high rating (95th 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
Tupelo's 59.8% 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 Tupelo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 261 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tupelo. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tupelo's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.