Prairie Hill, MO
Prairie Hill, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Prairie Hill sits at the 50th 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 73 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 Prairie Hill at the 51st percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Prairie Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
53.4% of Prairie Hill's 73 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 39 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 46.6% are Minimal.
Where Prairie Hill ranks
Inside Missouri, Prairie Hill sits at just the 32nd percentile even though it scores 50th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prairie Hill ranks 15,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,180 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 718 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Prairie Hill
At the 50th national percentile, Prairie 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Prairie Hill (53.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Prairie Hill's 15,816-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Prairie Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.