Barnes, KS
How exposed is Barnes to wildfire?
Barnes sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 180 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Barnes's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 85% of Barnes's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 15% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Barnes compares
Inside Kansas, Barnes sits at just the 36th percentile even though it scores 52nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barnes ranks 15,027 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,623 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 456 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
Barnes's elevated wildfire rating (52nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Barnes
Barnes's 85% 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 Barnes's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 180 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Barnes. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barnes's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.