Brimson, MO
Brimson wildfire risk explained
Brimson's 60 buildings earn a 60th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brimson at the 61st percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
66.7% of Brimson's 60 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 33.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Brimson ranks
Brimson scores 60th nationally and 54th 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, Brimson ranks 12,734 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,652 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 485 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Brimson and the insurance market
Brimson's elevated rating (60th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Brimson's 66.7% 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 60 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brimson. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Brimson, see the exposure-zones guide.