Fontana, KS
Fontana, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fontana sits at the 64th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 148 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fontana's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 65th percentile nationally.
Where Fontana's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Fontana (53.4% of 148 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Fontana against the rest of the country
Fontana's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (64th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fontana ranks 11,377 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,952 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 299 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fontana
Fontana's high rating (64th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fontana's 53.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Fontana's 64th-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 Fontana, see the exposure-zones guide.