Drexel, MO
Drexel, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Drexel's 604 buildings earn a 60th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Drexel at the 60th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Drexel (80.3% of 604 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 19.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Drexel ranks
Drexel scores 60th nationally and 55th 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, Drexel ranks 12,700 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 483 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Drexel
Drexel's elevated rating (60th 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 80.3% of Drexel'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.
Where Drexel's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Drexel's 12,700-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Drexel's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.