Circleville, KS
Circleville, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Circleville lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 142 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Circleville at the 89th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Circleville's buildings (56.3%) 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.
Where Circleville ranks
There's little gap between Circleville's 87th national percentile and its 87th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Circleville ranks 4,092 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,207 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 94 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Circleville and the insurance market
At the 87th percentile nationally, Circleville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Circleville's 56.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Circleville's figures come from
Circleville's 87th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Circleville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.