Kingston, MO
How exposed is Kingston to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kingston at the 60th 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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kingston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
219 buildings are counted in Kingston, and 55.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Kingston ranks
There's little gap between Kingston's 60th national percentile and its 57th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston ranks 12,485 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,162 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 459 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Kingston and the insurance market
At the 60th percentile nationally, Kingston 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Kingston (55.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Kingston's 60th-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 Kingston, see the exposure-zones guide.