Baldwin City, KS
Baldwin City wildfire risk explained
Baldwin City's 1,798 buildings earn a 61st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Baldwin City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
Where Baldwin City's buildings actually sit
Most of Baldwin City's buildings (54.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Baldwin City ranks
There's little gap between Baldwin City's 61st national percentile and its 53rd percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baldwin City ranks 12,414 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,065 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 337 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Baldwin City
At the 61st percentile nationally, Baldwin City 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Baldwin City (54.2% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,798 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Baldwin City. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Baldwin City, see the exposure-zones guide.