Big Spring, MO
Big Spring, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Big Spring at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 200 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Big Spring at the 63rd 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
71.5% of Big Spring's 200 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 143 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 28.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Big Spring ranks
Big Spring scores 61st nationally and 60th 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, Big Spring ranks 12,168 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,841 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 427 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
Big Spring's high rating (61st 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.
Hardening a home in Big Spring
With 71.5% of Big Spring 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 Big Spring's 12,168-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Big Spring, see the exposure-zones guide.