Perkins, MO
How exposed is Perkins to wildfire?
USFS scores Perkins at the 10th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 89 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perkins's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Perkins's buildings (71.9% of 89) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Perkins against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Perkins's 10th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perkins ranks 28,467 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,538 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,004 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
Perkins's low rating (10th 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
Perkins's 71.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Perkins's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Perkins's 28,467-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perkins's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.