Duquesne, MO
Duquesne wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Duquesne lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,216 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Duquesne at the 63rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Duquesne: 47.1% of its 1,216 buildings, versus 11.5% Indirect and 41.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Duquesne against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Duquesne's 62nd national percentile and its 60th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Duquesne ranks 12,101 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,555 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 423 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Duquesne
Duquesne's 62nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 47.1% of Duquesne in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Duquesne's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Duquesne's 12,101-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Duquesne's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.