Bazine, KS
Bazine wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bazine lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 356 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bazine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bazine (87.4% of 356 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Bazine compares
There's little gap between Bazine's 55th national percentile and its 42nd percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bazine ranks 14,148 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,157 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 416 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
Bazine's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Bazine
Because 87.4% of Bazine's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Bazine's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 356 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bazine. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bazine's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.