Fortescue, MO
Fortescue, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fortescue's 64 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fortescue at the 55th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fortescue's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Fortescue (75% of 64 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 25% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Fortescue ranks
There's little gap between Fortescue's 55th national percentile and its 43rd percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fortescue ranks 14,059 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,507 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 606 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
Fortescue's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Fortescue
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fortescue (75% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fortescue's 14,059-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fortescue, see the exposure-zones guide.