Grayridge, MO
Grayridge, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grayridge lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 110 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 Grayridge at the 1st percentile, close to its 1st-percentile risk score.
Where Grayridge's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 80.9% of Grayridge's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 19.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Grayridge ranks
There's little gap between Grayridge'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, Grayridge ranks 31,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,626 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,048 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Grayridge and the insurance market
Grayridge'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.
Hardening a home in Grayridge
With 80.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Grayridge gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Grayridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 110 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grayridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grayridge's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.