Eastborough, KS
Eastborough, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Eastborough sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 385 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eastborough's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Eastborough's buildings (90.9% of 385) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Eastborough compares
Inside Kansas, Eastborough sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 40th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eastborough ranks 19,059 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,522 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 608 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
Eastborough's moderate rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 90.9% of Eastborough outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Eastborough's figures come from
Eastborough's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eastborough's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.