New Market, MO
How exposed is New Market to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Market at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 53 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Market at the 56th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Market's buildings actually sit
53 buildings are counted in New Market, and 58.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 41.5% rated Minimal.
Where New Market ranks
There's little gap between New Market's 55th national percentile and its 42nd 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 Market ranks 14,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,849 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 613 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
New Market and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, New Market rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in New Market
With 58.5% of New Market 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 53 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Market. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Market, see the exposure-zones guide.