Glendale, MO
Glendale wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Glendale lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,663 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glendale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Glendale's buildings actually sit
94.6% of Glendale's 2,663 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Glendale compares
Glendale's 45th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glendale ranks 17,207 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 799 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glendale
At the 45th national percentile, Glendale 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 94.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Glendale gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glendale's 17,207-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Glendale, see the exposure-zones guide.