Emmett, KS
Emmett, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Emmett at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 146 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Emmett's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
Where Emmett's buildings actually sit
146 buildings are counted in Emmett, and 84.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 15.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Emmett ranks
Emmett's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (80th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (81st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emmett ranks 5,893 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,019 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 144 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Emmett and the insurance market
Emmett's very high rating (81st 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.
Hardening a home in Emmett
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Emmett (84.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Emmett's 5,893-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Emmett, see the exposure-zones guide.