Beaumont, KS
How exposed is Beaumont to wildfire?
Beaumont's 71 buildings earn a 98th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Beaumont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Where Beaumont's buildings actually sit
73.2% of Beaumont's 71 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 52 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 26.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Beaumont compares
Beaumont scores 98th nationally and 99th 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, Beaumont ranks 786 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,241 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 9 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
Beaumont's very high rating (98th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Beaumont (73.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Beaumont's 786-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Beaumont, see the exposure-zones guide.