Brownell, KS
Brownell wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brownell at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 88 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brownell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
88 buildings are counted in Brownell, and 60.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Brownell against the rest of the country
Brownell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brownell ranks 14,020 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,575 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 409 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
Brownell's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 60.2% of Brownell'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brownell's 14,020-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Brownell, see the exposure-zones guide.