Tuskahoma, OK
Tuskahoma, OK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Tuskahoma lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 192 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tuskahoma at the 98th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
192 buildings are counted in Tuskahoma, and 97.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Tuskahoma against the rest of the country
Tuskahoma's risk sits at a similar level relative to Oklahoma (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tuskahoma ranks 1,083 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,173 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 84 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Tuskahoma and the insurance market
Tuskahoma's 97th-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 Tuskahoma
Tuskahoma's 97.9% 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 Tuskahoma's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 192 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tuskahoma. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tuskahoma's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.