Knob Lick, MO
How exposed is Knob Lick to wildfire?
Knob Lick's 130 buildings earn a 62nd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Knob Lick at the 64th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Knob Lick's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Knob Lick: 96.9% of its 130 buildings, versus 3.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Knob Lick compares
Knob Lick scores 62nd nationally and 61st within Missouri — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Knob Lick ranks 11,946 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,720 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 413 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Knob Lick and the insurance market
Knob Lick's high rating (62nd 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.
Hardening a home in Knob Lick
Knob Lick's 96.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Knob Lick's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 130 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Knob Lick. The exposure-zones guide covers what Knob Lick's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.