LaBarque Creek, MO
How exposed is LaBarque Creek to wildfire?
LaBarque Creek's 965 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, LaBarque Creek's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of LaBarque Creek's 965 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 965 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How LaBarque Creek compares
LaBarque Creek scores 53rd nationally and 39th 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, LaBarque Creek ranks 14,755 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,185 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 646 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in LaBarque Creek
LaBarque Creek's elevated wildfire rating (53rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
LaBarque Creek's 100% 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 LaBarque Creek's figures come from
LaBarque Creek's 53rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what LaBarque Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.