Cullison, KS
Cullison wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cullison lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 100 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cullison's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Cullison's building exposure, zone by zone
Cullison rates 78% Minimal exposure against just 22% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 100 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Cullison compares
Cullison's 20th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 3rd ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cullison ranks 25,149 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,026 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 701 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Cullison's moderate wildfire rating (20th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Cullison
With 78% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cullison gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cullison's figures come from
Cullison's 20th-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 Cullison's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.