Whiting, MO
Whiting, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Whiting sits at the 3rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 164 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Whiting at the 3rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 11% of Whiting's 164 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 89% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Whiting ranks
Whiting's risk sits at a similar level relative to Missouri (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (3rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whiting ranks 30,676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,254 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 1,031 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Whiting
At the 3rd national percentile, Whiting rates low 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 89% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Whiting gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Whiting's figures come from
Whiting's 3rd-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 Whiting's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.