Zion, OK
How exposed is Zion to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Zion lands at the 93rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 51 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Zion's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Zion's 51 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 51 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Zion against the rest of the country
Inside Oklahoma, Zion sits at just the 67th percentile even though it scores 93rd 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, Zion ranks 2,113 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,910 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 278 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Zion and the insurance market
Zion's 93rd-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 Zion
Because Direct exposure dominates in Zion (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Zion's figures come from
Zion's 93rd-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 Zion's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.