Edwardsville, KS
How exposed is Edwardsville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Edwardsville at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,110 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Edwardsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Edwardsville's building exposure, zone by zone
53.6% of Edwardsville's 2,110 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.7% Direct and 3.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Edwardsville ranks
Edwardsville ranks lower within Kansas (26th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edwardsville ranks 16,540 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,165 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 532 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edwardsville
Edwardsville's elevated rating (48th 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
Because 53.6% of Edwardsville'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
Edwardsville's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Edwardsville, see the exposure-zones guide.