Belleville, KS
Belleville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Belleville at the 40th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,598 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Belleville at the 37th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Belleville's buildings actually sit
Belleville rates 93.4% Minimal exposure against just 6.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,598 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Belleville compares
Inside Kansas, Belleville sits at just the 17th percentile even though it scores 40th 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, Belleville ranks 18,874 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,775 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 602 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Belleville
At the 40th national percentile, Belleville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 93.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Belleville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Belleville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,598 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Belleville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Belleville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.