Pickering, MO
Pickering wildfire risk explained
Pickering sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 176 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pickering's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Pickering rates 51.1% Minimal exposure against just 48.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 176 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Pickering compares
Pickering scores 58th nationally and 51st 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, Pickering ranks 13,146 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,789 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 525 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
At the 58th national percentile, Pickering rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 51.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Pickering gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Pickering's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pickering's 13,146-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pickering's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.