Clinton, MO
How exposed is Clinton to wildfire?
Clinton sits at the 68th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,779 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clinton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Clinton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 40.1% of Clinton's 4,779 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.3% Direct and 34.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Clinton ranks
Clinton scores 68th nationally and 77th 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, Clinton ranks 10,084 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,572 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 238 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Clinton and the insurance market
Clinton's 68th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Clinton's 40.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Clinton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clinton's 10,084-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clinton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.