Anniston, MO
How exposed is Anniston to wildfire?
USFS scores Anniston at the 3rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 192 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Anniston at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Anniston's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Anniston's buildings (83.9% of 192) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Anniston compares
Anniston scores 3rd nationally and 3rd within Missouri — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anniston ranks 30,550 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,167 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,026 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Anniston
At the 3rd national percentile, Anniston rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 83.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Anniston gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 192 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Anniston. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Anniston, see the exposure-zones guide.