Rogersville, MO
Rogersville wildfire risk explained
Rogersville's 1,291 buildings earn a 74th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rogersville at the 76th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Rogersville's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 65.5% of Rogersville's 1,291 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 28.4% Direct and 6.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Rogersville against the rest of the country
Compare Rogersville'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, Rogersville ranks 8,193 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,113 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 112 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 74th percentile nationally, Rogersville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Rogersville
Rogersville's 65.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,291 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rogersville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rogersville, see the exposure-zones guide.