Valliant, OK
How exposed is Valliant to wildfire?
USFS scores Valliant at the 79th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 604 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Valliant at the 83rd percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
59.4% of Valliant's 604 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 40.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Valliant against the rest of the country
Valliant ranks lower within Oklahoma (19th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valliant ranks 6,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,791 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 676 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 79th percentile nationally, Valliant carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Valliant's 59.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Valliant's 6,501-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Valliant, see the exposure-zones guide.