Highlandville, MO
Highlandville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Highlandville lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 704 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Highlandville at the 76th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Highlandville: 87.6% of its 704 buildings, versus 12.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Highlandville against the rest of the country
Highlandville's 91st-percentile standing inside Missouri outpaces its 75th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Highlandville ranks 7,979 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 100 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Highlandville
Highlandville's high rating (75th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Highlandville's 87.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 704 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Highlandville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Highlandville, see the exposure-zones guide.