Detroit, KS
Detroit, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Detroit lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 100 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Detroit at the 57th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Detroit's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Detroit's 100 counted buildings, 58% carry Direct exposure and only 42% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Detroit compares
Detroit's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (65th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Detroit ranks 11,058 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,027 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 292 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Detroit
At the 65th percentile nationally, Detroit 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 Detroit
With 58% of Detroit in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Detroit's 65th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Detroit, see the exposure-zones guide.