Auxvasse, MO
Auxvasse wildfire risk explained
Auxvasse's 567 buildings earn a 51st-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, Auxvasse's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Auxvasse's building exposure, zone by zone
567 buildings are counted in Auxvasse, and 75.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Auxvasse against the rest of the country
Auxvasse's 51st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Auxvasse ranks 15,314 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,297 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 686 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Auxvasse and the insurance market
At the 51st national percentile, Auxvasse rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Auxvasse
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Auxvasse (75.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Auxvasse's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Auxvasse, see the exposure-zones guide.