Atlanta, KS
How exposed is Atlanta to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Atlanta at the 88th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 215 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Atlanta at the 83rd national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Atlanta's building exposure, zone by zone
52.6% of Atlanta's 215 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 113 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 47.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Atlanta ranks
Atlanta scores 88th nationally and 89th within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Atlanta ranks 3,784 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,305 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 84 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Atlanta and the insurance market
Atlanta's very high rating (88th 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
With 52.6% of Atlanta in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 215 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Atlanta. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Atlanta, see the exposure-zones guide.