Sunset Hills, MO
How exposed is Sunset Hills to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sunset Hills at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 4,058 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sunset Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Where Sunset Hills's buildings actually sit
Sunset Hills rates 72.9% Minimal exposure against just 27.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 4,058 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Sunset Hills compares
Sunset Hills's 41st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sunset Hills ranks 18,655 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,183 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 898 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sunset Hills
At the 41st national percentile, Sunset Hills rates elevated 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 72.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Sunset Hills 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 4,058 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sunset Hills. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sunset Hills, see the exposure-zones guide.