Ensign, KS
How exposed is Ensign to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ensign at the 45th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 166 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ensign at the 41st percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Ensign's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 43.4% of Ensign's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 25.9% Direct and 30.7% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Ensign ranks
Ensign ranks lower within Kansas (21st percentile statewide) than its 45th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ensign ranks 17,482 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,168 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 571 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
Ensign's elevated rating (45th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 43.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ensign gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Ensign's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ensign's 17,482-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ensign's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.