Hayti, MO
How exposed is Hayti to wildfire?
Hayti's 1,516 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hayti at the 6th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Hayti's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Hayti's buildings (79.1% of 1,516) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Hayti compares
There's little gap between Hayti's 7th national percentile and its 5th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hayti ranks 29,473 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,093 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,011 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 7th national percentile, Hayti rates low 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 Hayti
Hayti's 79.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Hayti's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hayti's 29,473-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hayti's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.