Arlington, KS
Arlington, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Arlington at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 377 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Arlington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Where Arlington's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 75.1% of Arlington's 377 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Arlington ranks
Arlington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arlington ranks 2,611 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,718 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 55 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Arlington's very high rating (92nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Arlington's 75.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Arlington's 2,611-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Arlington, see the exposure-zones guide.