Weatherford, OK
Weatherford wildfire risk explained
Weatherford's 5,018 buildings earn a 83rd-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, Weatherford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 81st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Weatherford's buildings (50.1%) 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. At 5,018 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Weatherford compares
Weatherford's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Oklahoma does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 55 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weatherford ranks 5,304 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,422 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 602 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Weatherford
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Weatherford carries the very 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
Weatherford's 50.1% 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.
Where Weatherford's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,018 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Weatherford. The exposure-zones guide covers what Weatherford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.