Camden Point, MO
How exposed is Camden Point to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Camden Point lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 295 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Camden Point at the 60th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Camden Point: 61% of its 295 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 39% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Camden Point against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Camden Point's 59th national percentile and its 53rd percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Camden Point ranks 12,859 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 500 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Camden Point and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Camden Point rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Camden Point
Because Direct exposure dominates in Camden Point (61%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Camden Point's 12,859-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Camden Point, see the exposure-zones guide.