Garland, KS
Garland, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Garland at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 46 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 Garland at the 71st percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Garland: 87% of its 46 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 13% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Garland ranks
Garland's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (67th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Garland ranks 9,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,024 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 241 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Garland
Garland's 70th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Garland (87%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 46 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Garland. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Garland, see the exposure-zones guide.