Mendon, MO
Mendon, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mendon's 197 buildings earn a 57th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average 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 Mendon at the 58th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.9% of Mendon's 197 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 9.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Mendon ranks
Mendon scores 57th nationally and 46th 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, Mendon ranks 13,677 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,963 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 577 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Mendon and the insurance market
Mendon's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mendon (90.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mendon's 13,677-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mendon, see the exposure-zones guide.