Plattsburg, MO
How exposed is Plattsburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Plattsburg at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,298 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Plattsburg at the 61st percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Plattsburg's buildings actually sit
Most of Plattsburg's buildings (63.2%) 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.
How Plattsburg compares
Plattsburg scores 60th nationally and 56th 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, Plattsburg ranks 12,547 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,085 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 467 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Plattsburg
Plattsburg's high rating (60th 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 Plattsburg
Plattsburg's 63.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Plattsburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,298 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plattsburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plattsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.