Purdin, MO
Purdin wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Purdin at the 67th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 160 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Purdin at the 69th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Purdin's building exposure, zone by zone
55.6% of Purdin's 160 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 89 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 44.4% are Minimal.
Where Purdin ranks
Purdin scores 67th nationally and 75th 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, Purdin ranks 10,271 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,436 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 262 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Purdin and the insurance market
Purdin's 67th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Purdin
Because Direct exposure dominates in Purdin (55.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Purdin's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Purdin's 10,271-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Purdin's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.