Argonia, KS
Argonia wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Argonia at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 379 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Argonia at the 55th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Where Argonia's buildings actually sit
Argonia rates 89.2% Minimal exposure against just 10.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 379 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Argonia ranks
Argonia's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (61st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Argonia ranks 12,261 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,667 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 331 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Argonia
At the 61st percentile nationally, Argonia carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Argonia's 89.2% 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 Argonia's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Argonia's 12,261-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Argonia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.