Coats, KS
Coats, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Coats sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 124 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Coats's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Coats rates 64.5% Minimal exposure against just 35.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 124 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Coats compares
Coats's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (61st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (66th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coats ranks 10,618 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,985 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 281 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coats
At the 66th percentile nationally, Coats carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Coats
With 64.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Coats gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Coats's figures come from
Coats's 66th-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 Coats's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.