Coolidge, KS
How exposed is Coolidge to wildfire?
USFS scores Coolidge at the 79th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 111 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Coolidge at the 78th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Where Coolidge's buildings actually sit
111 buildings are counted in Coolidge, and 71.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 28.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Coolidge against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Coolidge's 79th national percentile and its 77th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coolidge ranks 6,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,584 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 166 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Coolidge and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Coolidge 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Coolidge (71.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 111 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Coolidge. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Coolidge, see the exposure-zones guide.