New Madrid, MO
New Madrid wildfire risk explained
New Madrid sits at the 11th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,724 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 New Madrid at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
New Madrid's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 49% of New Madrid's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 25.2% Direct and 25.8% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How New Madrid compares
There's little gap between New Madrid's 11th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Madrid ranks 27,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,323 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,001 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Madrid
New Madrid's low wildfire rating (11th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 49% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, New Madrid gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where New Madrid's figures come from
New Madrid's 11th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Madrid's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.