Leadington, MO
How exposed is Leadington to wildfire?
Leadington sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 353 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leadington at the 63rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Leadington's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 75.1% of Leadington's 353 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Leadington against the rest of the country
Leadington scores 61st nationally and 59th 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, Leadington ranks 12,267 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,235 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 437 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Leadington and the insurance market
At the 61st percentile nationally, Leadington 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Leadington's 75.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Leadington's 12,267-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Leadington, see the exposure-zones guide.