Bevier, MO
How exposed is Bevier to wildfire?
Bevier sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 528 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bevier's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 43.4% of Bevier's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.2% Indirect share and far above its 14.4% Minimal share — a profile where 229 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Bevier compares
There's little gap between Bevier's 65th national percentile and its 70th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bevier ranks 11,005 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,895 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 325 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Bevier's high rating (65th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 43.4% of Bevier in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bevier's 11,005-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bevier, see the exposure-zones guide.