Altamont, KS
Altamont, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Altamont lands at the 42nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 724 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 Altamont at the 42nd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Altamont's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 69.9% of Altamont's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 30.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Altamont ranks
Altamont's 42nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Altamont ranks 18,239 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,404 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 591 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Altamont and the insurance market
Altamont's elevated rating (42nd 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
Altamont's 69.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Altamont's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 724 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Altamont. The exposure-zones guide covers what Altamont's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.