Mountain View, MO
How exposed is Mountain View to wildfire?
Mountain View sits at the 78th 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 1,591 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 Mountain View at the 81st percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Mountain View's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 53.1% of Mountain View's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 47% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 844 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Mountain View ranks
Within Missouri, Mountain View ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (78th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mountain View ranks 7,000 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,797 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 58 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Mountain View and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Mountain View carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 53.1% of Mountain View 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 Mountain View's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,591 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mountain View. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mountain View's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.