Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Fort Leonard Wood, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Fort Leonard Wood at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,574 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fort Leonard Wood at the 69th 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
2,574 buildings are counted in Fort Leonard Wood, and 75.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Fort Leonard Wood against the rest of the country
Fort Leonard Wood's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (76th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (68th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Leonard Wood ranks 10,247 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,151 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 258 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 68th percentile nationally, Fort Leonard Wood 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fort Leonard Wood's 75.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
Fort Leonard Wood's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fort Leonard Wood, see the exposure-zones guide.