El Dorado Springs, MO
El Dorado Springs wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts El Dorado Springs at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,277 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks El Dorado Springs at the 79th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where El Dorado Springs's buildings actually sit
2,277 buildings are counted in El Dorado Springs, and 66.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 33.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How El Dorado Springs compares
Compare El Dorado Springs's two percentiles: 93rd within Missouri, only 77th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, El Dorado Springs ranks 7,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,755 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 70 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in El Dorado Springs
At the 77th percentile nationally, El Dorado Springs 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.
Hardening a home in El Dorado Springs
El Dorado Springs's 66.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where El Dorado Springs's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind El Dorado Springs's 7,249-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what El Dorado Springs's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.