Brewster, KS
Brewster wildfire risk explained
Brewster sits at the 47th 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 263 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brewster at the 44th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Brewster's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 92% of Brewster's 263 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Brewster ranks
Brewster's 47th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 24th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brewster ranks 16,856 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,727 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 546 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Brewster and the insurance market
Brewster's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Brewster
Because 92% of Brewster's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Brewster's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 263 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brewster. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brewster's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.