Gideon, MO
Gideon wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gideon lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 591 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 Gideon at the 1st percentile, close to its 1st-percentile risk score.
Gideon's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Gideon's buildings (79.2% of 591) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Gideon against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Gideon's 1st national percentile and its 1st percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gideon ranks 31,176 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,952 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,051 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gideon
Gideon's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 79.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Gideon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Gideon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gideon's 31,176-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gideon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.