Wellsville, MO
Wellsville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wellsville lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 784 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wellsville at the 47th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Where Wellsville's buildings actually sit
59.1% of Wellsville's 784 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 18.2% Direct and 22.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Wellsville against the rest of the country
Inside Missouri, Wellsville sits at just the 25th percentile even though it scores 46th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wellsville ranks 17,116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,782 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 797 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wellsville
At the 46th national percentile, Wellsville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Wellsville (59.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 784 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wellsville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wellsville, see the exposure-zones guide.