Rush Hill, MO
Rush Hill wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rush Hill lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 119 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rush Hill at the 18th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
77.3% of Rush Hill's 119 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Rush Hill against the rest of the country
Rush Hill scores 18th nationally and 7th 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, Rush Hill ranks 25,849 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,204 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 990 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Rush Hill and the insurance market
At the 18th national percentile, Rush Hill rates low 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 77.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rush Hill gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rush Hill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rush Hill's 25,849-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rush Hill's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.