Adrian, MO
Adrian wildfire risk explained
Adrian's 1,017 buildings earn a 47th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Adrian's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Where Adrian's buildings actually sit
78.1% of Adrian's 1,017 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 19.2% Direct and 2.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Adrian compares
Inside Missouri, Adrian sits at just the 28th percentile even though it scores 47th 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, Adrian ranks 16,611 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,823 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 769 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Adrian and the insurance market
Adrian's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Adrian (78.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Adrian's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Adrian's 16,611-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Adrian's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.