Taneyville, MO
How exposed is Taneyville to wildfire?
Taneyville's 194 buildings earn a 80th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Taneyville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
63.4% of Taneyville's 194 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 123 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 36.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Taneyville against the rest of the country
Compare Taneyville's two percentiles: 97th within Missouri, only 80th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Taneyville ranks 6,338 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,082 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 34 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Taneyville's high rating (80th 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.
Hardening a home in Taneyville
With 63.4% of Taneyville 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.
Where Taneyville's figures come from
Taneyville's 80th-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 Taneyville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.