Macks Creek, MO
Macks Creek wildfire risk explained
Macks Creek sits at the 86th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 240 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Macks Creek at the 88th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Macks Creek's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 90.8% of Macks Creek's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 9.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 218 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Macks Creek ranks
There's little gap between Macks Creek's 86th national percentile and its 100th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Macks Creek ranks 4,473 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,467 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 3 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Macks Creek
At the 86th percentile nationally, Macks Creek carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 90.8% of Macks Creek 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 Macks Creek's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Macks Creek's 4,473-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Macks Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.