Freistatt, MO
Freistatt wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Freistatt lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 142 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Freistatt at the 53rd percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 65.5% of Freistatt's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 34.5% Minimal share — a profile where 93 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Freistatt ranks
Inside Missouri, Freistatt sits at just the 37th percentile even though it scores 52nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Freistatt ranks 15,131 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,215 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 672 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Freistatt and the insurance market
Freistatt's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Freistatt
Because Direct exposure dominates in Freistatt (65.5%), 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 Freistatt's 15,131-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Freistatt, see the exposure-zones guide.