Fairdealing, MO
Fairdealing wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Fairdealing at the 69th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 525 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fairdealing at the 72nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fairdealing's buildings actually sit
525 buildings are counted in Fairdealing, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Fairdealing ranks
Fairdealing's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (80th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (69th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fairdealing ranks 9,773 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,942 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 216 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fairdealing
Fairdealing's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fairdealing (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fairdealing's 9,773-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fairdealing, see the exposure-zones guide.