Blairstown, MO
Blairstown, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Blairstown's 103 buildings earn a 57th-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, Blairstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Where Blairstown's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Blairstown (55.3% of 103 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 44.7% sit in the Direct zone.
How Blairstown compares
Blairstown scores 57th nationally and 48th 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, Blairstown ranks 13,521 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,905 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 557 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
Blairstown's elevated wildfire rating (57th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 55.3% of Blairstown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 103 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blairstown. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Blairstown, see the exposure-zones guide.