Parkway, MO
Parkway, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Parkway at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 258 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Parkway's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Parkway's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Parkway's buildings (54.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Parkway against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Parkway's 56th national percentile and its 45th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parkway ranks 13,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,890 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 591 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parkway
Parkway's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Parkway (54.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Parkway's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Parkway's 13,869-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parkway's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.