Stotts City, MO
How exposed is Stotts City to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Stotts City lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 165 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Stotts City at the 64th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 80% of Stotts City's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 20% Minimal share — a profile where 132 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Stotts City ranks
Stotts City scores 63rd nationally and 63rd 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, Stotts City ranks 11,668 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,222 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 390 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Stotts City and the insurance market
Stotts City's high rating (63rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Stotts City's 80% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stotts City's 11,668-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stotts City, see the exposure-zones guide.