Riverview, MO
Riverview, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Riverview lands at the 41st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,230 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Riverview at the 44th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Riverview's buildings actually sit
Most of Riverview's buildings (95% of 1,230) 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.
Riverview against the rest of the country
Inside Missouri, Riverview sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 41st 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, Riverview ranks 18,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,470 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 894 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Riverview and the insurance market
Riverview's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Riverview's 95% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Riverview's figures come from
Riverview's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Riverview's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.