Bennington, KS
Bennington, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bennington sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 424 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bennington at the 45th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bennington's building exposure, zone by zone
Bennington rates 95.8% Minimal exposure against just 4.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 424 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Bennington against the rest of the country
Bennington ranks lower within Kansas (28th percentile statewide) than its 49th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bennington ranks 16,228 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 518 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Bennington and the insurance market
Bennington's elevated rating (49th 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
Even with 95.8% of Bennington outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bennington's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bennington, see the exposure-zones guide.