Iatan, MO
Iatan wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Iatan at the 73rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 40 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Iatan at the 73rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Iatan's buildings actually sit
Of Iatan's 40 counted buildings, 82.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Iatan compares
Iatan scores 73rd nationally and 87th 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, Iatan ranks 8,608 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,170 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 133 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Iatan and the insurance market
Iatan's high rating (73rd 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.
Hardening a home in Iatan
Because Direct exposure dominates in Iatan (82.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Iatan's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 40 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Iatan. The exposure-zones guide covers what Iatan's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.