Newtonia, MO
Newtonia wildfire risk explained
Newtonia sits at the 63rd 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 128 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newtonia at the 64th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Newtonia's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Newtonia: 79.7% of its 128 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 20.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Newtonia ranks
There's little gap between Newtonia's 63rd national percentile and its 62nd percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newtonia ranks 11,821 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,805 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 406 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Newtonia's 63rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Newtonia's 79.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Newtonia's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newtonia's 11,821-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newtonia's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.