Scott City, MO
Scott City, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Scott City sits at the 29th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,439 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Scott City at the 30th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Scott City's buildings actually sit
51.3% of Scott City's 2,439 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 29.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Scott City ranks
Scott City's 29th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 9th ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Scott City ranks 22,438 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,422 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 967 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Scott City and the insurance market
Scott City's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Scott City
With 51.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Scott City gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,439 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Scott City. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Scott City, see the exposure-zones guide.