Forsyth, MO
Forsyth, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Forsyth at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,135 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Forsyth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Forsyth's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Forsyth: 54% of its 1,135 buildings, versus 46% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Forsyth compares
Forsyth's 90th-percentile standing inside Missouri outpaces its 74th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forsyth ranks 8,064 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,042 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 104 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Forsyth
Forsyth's high rating (74th 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.
Hardening a home in Forsyth
With 54% of Forsyth 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Forsyth's 8,064-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Forsyth, see the exposure-zones guide.