Auburn, KS
How exposed is Auburn to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Auburn at the 78th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 521 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Auburn at the 78th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Auburn's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 67% of Auburn's 521 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 33% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Auburn against the rest of the country
Auburn scores 78th nationally and 75th 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, Auburn ranks 6,995 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,007 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 177 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
Auburn's high rating (78th 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.
Hardening a home in Auburn
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Auburn (67% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Auburn's 78th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Auburn, see the exposure-zones guide.