Claflin, KS
How exposed is Claflin to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Claflin at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 462 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Claflin at the 38th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 4.8% of Claflin's 462 buildings carry Direct exposure and 32.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 63% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Claflin against the rest of the country
Claflin's 42nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Claflin ranks 18,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,026 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 593 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Claflin
At the 42nd national percentile, Claflin rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Claflin gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Claflin's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Claflin's 18,336-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Claflin's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.