Climax, KS
Climax wildfire risk explained
Climax sits at the 92nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 71 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Climax at the 91st percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Climax's 71 counted buildings, 69% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Climax ranks
There's little gap between Climax's 92nd national percentile and its 92nd percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Climax ranks 2,675 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,242 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 58 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Climax
Climax's very high rating (92nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Climax's 69% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Climax's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 71 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Climax. The exposure-zones guide covers what Climax's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.