Bavaria, KS
Bavaria, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bavaria's 72 buildings earn a 67th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bavaria at the 60th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Where Bavaria's buildings actually sit
54.2% of Bavaria's 72 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 45.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Bavaria against the rest of the country
Bavaria's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (63rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (67th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bavaria ranks 10,333 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,201 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 268 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bavaria
Bavaria's 67th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Bavaria
With 54.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bavaria gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Bavaria's figures come from
Bavaria's 67th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bavaria's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.