High Hill, MO
High Hill, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores High Hill at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 185 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts High Hill at the 57th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where High Hill's buildings actually sit
Most of High Hill's buildings (70.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where High Hill ranks
High Hill 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, High Hill ranks 14,000 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,423 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 602 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in High Hill
High Hill's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 70.3% of High Hill's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where High Hill's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 185 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for High Hill. The exposure-zones guide covers what High Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.