South Fork, MO
South Fork, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores South Fork at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 203 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks South Fork at the 81st national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
South Fork's building exposure, zone by zone
Of South Fork's 203 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where South Fork ranks
Within Missouri, South Fork ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (78th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Fork ranks 7,001 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,736 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 59 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Fork
At the 78th percentile nationally, South Fork 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of South Fork in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Fork's 7,001-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond South Fork, see the exposure-zones guide.