Fairview, KS
Fairview, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fairview sits at the 57th 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 276 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fairview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
84.4% of Fairview's 276 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Fairview compares
There's little gap between Fairview's 57th national percentile and its 46th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fairview ranks 13,642 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,320 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 392 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
Fairview's elevated wildfire rating (57th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Fairview's 84.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Fairview's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 276 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fairview. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fairview's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.