Pleasant Hill, MO
Pleasant Hill, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pleasant Hill lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,654 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pleasant Hill at the 49th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pleasant Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pleasant Hill (69.4% of 3,654 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Pleasant Hill ranks
Pleasant Hill's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 30th ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant Hill ranks 16,135 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,577 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 741 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Pleasant Hill and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Pleasant Hill rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pleasant Hill (69.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,654 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pleasant Hill. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pleasant Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.