Dennis, KS
How exposed is Dennis to wildfire?
Dennis sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 154 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 Dennis at the 56th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Dennis: 79.9% of its 154 buildings, versus 20.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Dennis ranks
Dennis's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dennis ranks 13,862 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,699 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 401 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Dennis and the insurance market
Dennis's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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 Dennis
Dennis's 79.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 154 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dennis. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dennis, see the exposure-zones guide.