Gibbs, MO
Gibbs wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gibbs lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 66 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gibbs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Gibbs's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Gibbs's 66 counted buildings, 72.7% carry Direct exposure and only 27.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Gibbs compares
There's little gap between Gibbs's 60th national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gibbs ranks 12,764 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,428 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 490 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gibbs
At the 60th national percentile, Gibbs rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 72.7% of Gibbs 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
Gibbs's 60th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gibbs, see the exposure-zones guide.