Ozora, MO
Ozora, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Ozora at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 250 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ozora's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Ozora's buildings actually sit
250 buildings are counted in Ozora, and 78.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Ozora against the rest of the country
Inside Missouri, Ozora sits at just the 26th percentile even though it scores 47th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ozora ranks 16,866 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,145 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 789 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ozora
At the 47th national percentile, Ozora 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 Ozora
With 78.8% of Ozora 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ozora's 16,866-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ozora, see the exposure-zones guide.