Hillsboro, MO
Hillsboro, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hillsboro's 1,203 buildings earn a 57th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hillsboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Hillsboro: 63.3% of its 1,203 buildings, versus 36.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Hillsboro ranks
Hillsboro's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (47th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hillsboro ranks 13,549 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 560 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Hillsboro and the insurance market
Hillsboro's elevated rating (57th 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 Hillsboro
With 63.3% of Hillsboro in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hillsboro's 13,549-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hillsboro, see the exposure-zones guide.