Valley Park, MO
Valley Park wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Valley Park at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,510 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Valley Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
Where Valley Park's buildings actually sit
69.4% of Valley Park's 2,510 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 16.4% Direct and 14.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Valley Park compares
Valley Park ranks lower within Missouri (19th percentile statewide) than its 43rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valley Park ranks 17,904 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,284 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 860 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
Valley Park's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 69.4% of Valley Park's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,510 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Valley Park. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Valley Park, see the exposure-zones guide.