Lanagan, MO
Lanagan wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lanagan at the 81st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 235 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lanagan's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
Where Lanagan's buildings actually sit
64.7% of Lanagan's 235 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 152 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Lanagan against the rest of the country
Compare Lanagan's two percentiles: 98th within Missouri, only 81st nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lanagan ranks 6,147 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,631 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 22 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lanagan
Lanagan's very high rating (81st 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 Lanagan
With 64.7% of Lanagan in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Lanagan's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lanagan's 6,147-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lanagan's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.