Pleasant Hope, MO
Pleasant Hope wildfire risk explained
Pleasant Hope sits at the 74th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 369 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pleasant Hope at the 76th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
Where Pleasant Hope's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Pleasant Hope: 68.3% of its 369 buildings, versus 31.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Pleasant Hope compares
Compare Pleasant Hope's two percentiles: 90th within Missouri, only 74th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant Hope ranks 8,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,887 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 105 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
Pleasant Hope's high rating (74th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.3% of Pleasant Hope in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 369 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pleasant Hope. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pleasant Hope, see the exposure-zones guide.