Lupus, MO
Lupus, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lupus's 47 buildings earn a 61st-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lupus at the 63rd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
47 buildings are counted in Lupus, and 74.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Lupus against the rest of the country
Lupus scores 61st nationally and 58th 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, Lupus ranks 12,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,000 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 440 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lupus
Lupus's high rating (61st 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 74.5% of Lupus 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 47 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lupus. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lupus, see the exposure-zones guide.