King City, MO
King City wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts King City at the 65th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 634 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks King City at the 66th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where King City's buildings actually sit
634 buildings are counted in King City, and 68.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 31.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where King City ranks
King City's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (71st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (65th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, King City ranks 10,906 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,420 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 315 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in King City
At the 65th percentile nationally, King City 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 68.6% of King City'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.
More on how this number was built
King City's 65th-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 King City, see the exposure-zones guide.