Denison, KS
Denison wildfire risk explained
Denison's 140 buildings earn a 84th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Denison at the 86th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Where Denison's buildings actually sit
57.1% of Denison's 140 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 80 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 42.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Denison against the rest of the country
Denison scores 84th nationally and 83rd within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Denison ranks 5,040 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,286 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 121 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Denison and the insurance market
Denison's very high rating (84th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Denison (57.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Denison's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Denison's 5,040-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Denison's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.