Andale, KS
Andale wildfire risk explained
Andale's 436 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Andale at the 24th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Andale's building exposure, zone by zone
Andale rates 93.6% Minimal exposure against just 6.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 436 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Andale ranks
Andale ranks lower within Kansas (8th percentile statewide) than its 28th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Andale ranks 22,752 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,533 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 666 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Andale and the insurance market
Andale's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 93.6% of Andale outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 436 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Andale. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Andale, see the exposure-zones guide.