Canton, MO
How exposed is Canton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Canton at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,207 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Canton at the 55th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Canton's buildings actually sit
Canton rates 79.4% Minimal exposure against just 11.9% Direct and 8.7% Indirect — of 1,207 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Canton compares
Canton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (38th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (52nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canton ranks 15,034 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,607 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 664 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canton
Canton's elevated rating (52nd 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
Canton's 79.4% 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.
Where Canton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,207 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Canton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.