Winston, MO
Winston, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Winston sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 189 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Winston at the 67th 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
189 buildings are counted in Winston, and 74.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Winston ranks
There's little gap between Winston's 66th national percentile and its 71st percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winston ranks 10,755 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,285 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 305 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Winston
Winston's high rating (66th 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 Winston
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Winston (74.1% 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
Winston's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Winston, see the exposure-zones guide.