Watonga, OK
Watonga wildfire risk explained
Watonga's 1,982 buildings earn a 86th-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, Watonga's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Where Watonga's buildings actually sit
Most of Watonga's buildings (61.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Watonga against the rest of the country
Inside Oklahoma, Watonga sits at just the 33rd percentile even though it scores 86th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Watonga ranks 4,517 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,527 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 556 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Watonga
Watonga's very high rating (86th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Watonga (61.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Watonga's figures come from
Watonga's 86th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Watonga's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.