Easton, MO
How exposed is Easton to wildfire?
USFS scores Easton at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 189 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Easton at the 57th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Easton's buildings actually sit
57.7% of Easton's 189 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 109 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 42.3% are Minimal.
Where Easton ranks
There's little gap between Easton's 56th national percentile and its 44th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Easton ranks 13,868 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,283 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 590 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Easton
Easton's elevated rating (56th 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
With 57.7% of Easton 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 Easton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Easton's 13,868-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Easton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.