Dexter, KS
Dexter, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dexter sits at the 93rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 209 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dexter at the 90th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dexter's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Dexter (80.9% of 209 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 19.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Dexter ranks
Dexter scores 93rd nationally and 94th 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, Dexter ranks 2,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,511 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 48 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Dexter and the insurance market
Dexter's very high rating (93rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 80.9% of Dexter's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dexter's 2,294-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dexter, see the exposure-zones guide.