Kennett, MO
Kennett, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kennett at the 5th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 5,814 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kennett at the 5th national percentile — 0 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
USFS classifies 84% of Kennett's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 16% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 5,814 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Kennett ranks
Kennett's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kennett ranks 30,013 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,968 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,017 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kennett
Kennett's low wildfire rating (5th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Kennett
With 84% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Kennett gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Kennett's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kennett's 30,013-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kennett's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.