Riverside, MO
Riverside, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Riverside's 1,172 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Riverside at the 59th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Riverside's buildings (66% of 1,172) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Riverside compares
Riverside scores 56th nationally and 45th 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, Riverside ranks 13,775 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,815 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 583 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
At the 56th national percentile, Riverside rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 66% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Riverside gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Riverside's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,172 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Riverside. The exposure-zones guide covers what Riverside's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.