Harrisonville, MO
Harrisonville, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Harrisonville at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 4,296 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Harrisonville at the 52nd percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 17.7% of Harrisonville's 4,296 buildings carry Direct exposure and 10% carry Indirect; the remaining 72.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Harrisonville compares
Harrisonville ranks lower within Missouri (34th percentile statewide) than its 51st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrisonville ranks 15,382 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,979 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 695 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Harrisonville and the insurance market
Harrisonville's elevated rating (51st 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 Harrisonville
Even with 72.3% of Harrisonville 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.
Where Harrisonville's figures come from
Harrisonville's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Harrisonville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.