Lowry City, MO
How exposed is Lowry City to wildfire?
Lowry City's 424 buildings earn a 78th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lowry City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 71.9% of Lowry City's 424 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 28.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Lowry City against the rest of the country
Lowry City's 94th-percentile standing inside Missouri outpaces its 78th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lowry City ranks 7,089 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,762 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 60 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Lowry City and the insurance market
Lowry City's high rating (78th 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 Lowry City
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lowry City (71.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lowry City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lowry City's 7,089-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lowry City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.