Marshfield, MO
How exposed is Marshfield to wildfire?
Marshfield sits at the 73rd 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 3,407 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marshfield at the 75th percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
Marshfield's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 66.1% of Marshfield's 3,407 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.2% Direct and 8.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Marshfield ranks
Marshfield scores 73rd nationally and 87th 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, Marshfield ranks 8,638 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,911 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 139 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marshfield
Marshfield's high rating (73rd 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 Marshfield
Marshfield's 66.1% 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
Marshfield's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Marshfield, see the exposure-zones guide.