Deerfield, MO
Deerfield, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Deerfield at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 80 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Deerfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Where Deerfield's buildings actually sit
Most of Deerfield's buildings (70%) 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.
Deerfield against the rest of the country
Deerfield scores 59th nationally and 53rd 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, Deerfield ranks 12,830 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,883 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 497 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Deerfield and the insurance market
Deerfield's elevated rating (59th 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
Because 70% of Deerfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Deerfield's 59th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Deerfield, see the exposure-zones guide.