De Soto, MO
De Soto, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
De Soto's 3,047 buildings earn a 57th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, De Soto's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
De Soto's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of De Soto's buildings (71.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
De Soto against the rest of the country
There's little gap between De Soto's 57th national percentile and its 48th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, De Soto ranks 13,468 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,360 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 549 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in De Soto
At the 57th national percentile, De Soto 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 De Soto
De Soto's 71.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,047 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for De Soto. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond De Soto, see the exposure-zones guide.