Whippoorwill, OK
How exposed is Whippoorwill to wildfire?
USFS scores Whippoorwill at the 97th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 104 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Whippoorwill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Whippoorwill: 95.2% of its 104 buildings, versus 4.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Whippoorwill against the rest of the country
Whippoorwill scores 97th nationally and 89th within Oklahoma — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whippoorwill ranks 1,108 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,862 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 90 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Whippoorwill
At the 97th percentile nationally, Whippoorwill 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 95.2% of Whippoorwill in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Whippoorwill's 1,108-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Whippoorwill, see the exposure-zones guide.