Brookfield, MO
Brookfield, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Brookfield's 2,936 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brookfield at the 61st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Brookfield's buildings actually sit
2,936 buildings are counted in Brookfield, and 71.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 11% in Direct exposure or the 17.8% rated Minimal.
Where Brookfield ranks
Brookfield scores 60th nationally and 55th 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, Brookfield ranks 12,674 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,535 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 478 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
Brookfield'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.
Hardening a home in Brookfield
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brookfield (71.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Brookfield's 60th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Brookfield, see the exposure-zones guide.