Bentley, KS
How exposed is Bentley to wildfire?
USFS scores Bentley at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 295 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bentley at the 36th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bentley's buildings actually sit
Most of Bentley's buildings (82% of 295) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Bentley ranks
Bentley ranks lower within Kansas (19th percentile statewide) than its 43rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bentley ranks 17,956 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,755 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 585 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bentley
Bentley's elevated wildfire rating (43rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Bentley's 82% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 295 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bentley. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bentley, see the exposure-zones guide.