Irondale, MO
Irondale, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Irondale's 238 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Irondale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
238 buildings are counted in Irondale, and 78.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Irondale against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Irondale's 69th national percentile and its 81st percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Irondale ranks 9,646 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 204 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Irondale and the insurance market
Irondale's 69th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Irondale
Because Direct exposure dominates in Irondale (78.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Irondale's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 238 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Irondale. The exposure-zones guide covers what Irondale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.