Bucklin, KS
How exposed is Bucklin to wildfire?
USFS scores Bucklin at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 574 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bucklin at the 72nd percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Bucklin's buildings (91.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Bucklin compares
Bucklin's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (73rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bucklin ranks 7,721 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,179 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 196 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Bucklin and the insurance market
Bucklin's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Bucklin
Because 91.1% of Bucklin'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 Bucklin's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 574 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bucklin. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bucklin's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.