Granger, MO
Granger wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Granger at the 63rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 54 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Granger at the 64th percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 51.9% of Granger's 54 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 42.6% Direct and 5.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Granger ranks
Granger scores 63rd nationally and 63rd within Missouri — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Granger ranks 11,756 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 398 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Granger
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Granger carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Granger's 51.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 54 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Granger. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Granger, see the exposure-zones guide.