Battlefield, MO
Battlefield, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Battlefield at the 65th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,407 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Battlefield at the 67th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 21.5% of Battlefield's 2,407 buildings carry Direct exposure and 13.6% carry Indirect; the remaining 64.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Battlefield against the rest of the country
Battlefield scores 65th nationally and 69th 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, Battlefield ranks 11,062 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,499 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 333 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Battlefield
At the 65th percentile nationally, Battlefield carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Battlefield's 64.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,407 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Battlefield. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Battlefield, see the exposure-zones guide.