Lamar Heights, MO
How exposed is Lamar Heights to wildfire?
USFS scores Lamar Heights at the 45th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 174 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lamar Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
174 buildings are counted in Lamar Heights, and 50% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 50% rated Minimal.
How Lamar Heights compares
Inside Missouri, Lamar Heights sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 45th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lamar Heights ranks 17,270 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,863 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 804 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lamar Heights
At the 45th national percentile, Lamar Heights rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lamar Heights (50%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lamar Heights's 17,270-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lamar Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.