Des Peres, MO
Des Peres wildfire risk explained
Des Peres sits at the 44th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,643 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Des Peres at the 47th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Des Peres's building exposure, zone by zone
Des Peres rates 88.2% Minimal exposure against just 11.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 3,643 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Des Peres ranks
Des Peres's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 23rd ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Des Peres ranks 17,551 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,597 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 822 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Des Peres
At the 44th national percentile, Des Peres 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 Des Peres
With 88.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Des Peres gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Des Peres's 44th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Des Peres, see the exposure-zones guide.