Leawood, MO
How exposed is Leawood to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Leawood at the 64th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 376 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leawood at the 65th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Leawood's 376 counted buildings, 86.2% carry Direct exposure and only 13% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Leawood against the rest of the country
Leawood's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (65th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (64th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leawood ranks 11,442 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,741 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 371 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Leawood's high rating (64th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 86.2% of Leawood 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 376 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leawood. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leawood, see the exposure-zones guide.