Castle Point, MO
Castle Point wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Castle Point lands at the 47th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,603 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Castle Point's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Castle Point's building exposure, zone by zone
97.3% of Castle Point's 1,603 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Castle Point compares
Castle Point ranks lower within Missouri (26th percentile statewide) than its 47th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castle Point ranks 16,828 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,762 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 782 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Castle Point and the insurance market
Castle Point's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Castle Point's 97.3% 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 1,603 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Castle Point. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Castle Point, see the exposure-zones guide.