Burns, KS
Burns, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Burns at the 82nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 196 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Burns's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Burns's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 69.4% of Burns's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 14.8% Direct and 15.8% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Burns compares
Burns scores 82nd nationally and 81st within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burns ranks 5,674 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,997 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 138 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 82nd percentile nationally, Burns carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 69.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Burns gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 196 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burns. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Burns, see the exposure-zones guide.