Dixon, MO
Dixon, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dixon's 879 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dixon at the 75th percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Dixon's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 86% of Dixon's 879 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 14% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Dixon against the rest of the country
Dixon scores 73rd nationally and 88th 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, Dixon ranks 8,569 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,917 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 132 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Dixon carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 86% of Dixon'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dixon's 8,569-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dixon, see the exposure-zones guide.