Gentry, MO
Gentry wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Gentry at the 60th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 62 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gentry at the 61st percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Gentry's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Gentry (61.3% of 62 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Gentry compares
There's little gap between Gentry's 60th national percentile and its 55th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gentry ranks 12,676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,582 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 480 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Gentry and the insurance market
At the 60th national percentile, Gentry rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Gentry (61.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Gentry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gentry's 12,676-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gentry's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.