Hollister, MO
Hollister, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Hollister at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,940 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hollister's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
Hollister's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Hollister'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.
How Hollister compares
Hollister's 89th-percentile standing inside Missouri outpaces its 74th 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, Hollister ranks 8,253 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 114 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Hollister and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Hollister carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hollister's 70.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hollister's 74th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hollister, see the exposure-zones guide.