Bison, KS
How exposed is Bison to wildfire?
USFS scores Bison at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 208 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bison at the 38th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 84.6% of Bison's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 15.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Bison compares
Bison ranks lower within Kansas (18th percentile statewide) than its 42nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bison ranks 18,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,551 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 592 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
At the 42nd national percentile, Bison 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
Bison's 84.6% 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
Bison's 42nd-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 Bison, see the exposure-zones guide.