Park Hills, MO
How exposed is Park Hills to wildfire?
Park Hills 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 3,989 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Park Hills at the 64th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,989 buildings are counted in Park Hills, and 80.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.1% in Direct exposure or the 0.4% rated Minimal.
Park Hills against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Park Hills'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, Park Hills ranks 11,788 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,258 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 403 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Park Hills and the insurance market
Park Hills's high rating (63rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Park Hills
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Park Hills (80.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Park Hills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Park Hills's 11,788-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Park Hills's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.