Kidder, MO
Kidder, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kidder at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 219 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kidder at the 62nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kidder's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 55.3% of Kidder's 219 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Kidder ranks
Kidder's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (58th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (61st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kidder ranks 12,387 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,161 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 449 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kidder
Kidder's high rating (61st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 55.3% of Kidder's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Kidder's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kidder's 12,387-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kidder's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.