Formoso, KS
Formoso, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Formoso lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 143 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Formoso's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Formoso's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 14.7% of Formoso's 143 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Formoso ranks
Formoso ranks lower within Kansas (2nd percentile statewide) than its 20th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Formoso ranks 25,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,156 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 703 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
Formoso's low wildfire rating (20th 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.
Hardening a home in Formoso
Formoso's 85.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Formoso's 25,367-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Formoso, see the exposure-zones guide.