Hartsburg, MO
How exposed is Hartsburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hartsburg at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 96 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hartsburg at the 62nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hartsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
96 buildings are counted in Hartsburg, and 80.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Hartsburg ranks
There's little gap between Hartsburg's 61st national percentile and its 57th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hartsburg ranks 12,450 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,235 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 455 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hartsburg
Hartsburg's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Hartsburg
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hartsburg (80.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 96 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hartsburg. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hartsburg, see the exposure-zones guide.