Strafford, MO
Strafford, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Strafford sits at the 71st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,155 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Strafford at the 73rd percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Where Strafford's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Strafford (64.8% of 1,155 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 25.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Strafford compares
There's little gap between Strafford's 71st national percentile and its 84th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strafford ranks 9,144 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,915 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 174 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Strafford and the insurance market
Strafford's high rating (71st 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
Strafford's 64.8% 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.
Where Strafford's figures come from
Strafford's 71st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Strafford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.