Dighton, KS
Dighton wildfire risk explained
Dighton sits at the 47th 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 973 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dighton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
Where Dighton's buildings actually sit
95.7% of Dighton's 973 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 4.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Dighton compares
Dighton's 47th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dighton ranks 16,793 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,118 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 544 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
At the 47th national percentile, Dighton rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Dighton
Because 95.7% of Dighton'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 Dighton's 16,793-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dighton, see the exposure-zones guide.