Wooldridge, MO
Wooldridge, MO's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wooldridge at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 35 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wooldridge at the 57th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wooldridge's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Wooldridge's buildings (71.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Wooldridge compares
Wooldridge scores 55th nationally and 43rd within Missouri — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wooldridge ranks 14,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,274 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 611 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Wooldridge and the insurance market
Wooldridge's elevated rating (55th 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 71.4% of Wooldridge'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.
Where Wooldridge's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wooldridge's 14,152-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wooldridge's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.