Hallsville, MO
Hallsville wildfire risk explained
Hallsville sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 708 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hallsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 24.3% of Hallsville's 708 buildings carry Direct exposure and 8.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 67.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Hallsville ranks
Hallsville scores 56th nationally and 44th 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, Hallsville ranks 13,962 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,577 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 597 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Hallsville and the insurance market
At the 56th national percentile, Hallsville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Hallsville
Even with 67.4% of Hallsville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hallsville's 13,962-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hallsville, see the exposure-zones guide.