Brooklyn Heights, MO
Brooklyn Heights wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brooklyn Heights at the 64th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 91 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brooklyn Heights at the 64th national percentile — 1 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
USFS classifies 72.5% of Brooklyn Heights's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 27.5% Minimal share — a profile where 66 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Brooklyn Heights compares
There's little gap between Brooklyn Heights's 64th national percentile and its 65th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brooklyn Heights ranks 11,507 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,450 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 373 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
At the 64th percentile nationally, Brooklyn Heights carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 72.5% of Brooklyn Heights 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.
Where Brooklyn Heights's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brooklyn Heights's 11,507-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brooklyn Heights's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.