Oronogo, MO
Oronogo wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Oronogo lands at the 64th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,141 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Oronogo at the 65th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Oronogo's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Oronogo's 1,141 counted buildings, 57.4% carry Direct exposure and only 42.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Oronogo compares
Oronogo scores 64th nationally and 67th 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, Oronogo ranks 11,283 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,009 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 349 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oronogo
At the 64th percentile nationally, Oronogo 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.
Hardening a home in Oronogo
Because Direct exposure dominates in Oronogo (57.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Oronogo's figures come from
Oronogo's 64th-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 Oronogo's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.