Belvue, KS
Belvue, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Belvue at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 138 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belvue at the 49th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Belvue's buildings actually sit
77.5% of Belvue's 138 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Belvue ranks
Belvue's 52nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 36th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belvue ranks 15,155 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 465 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Belvue
Belvue's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 77.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Belvue gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Belvue's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Belvue's 15,155-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Belvue's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.