Glade, KS
Glade, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glade at the 45th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 107 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glade's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Glade's building exposure, zone by zone
99.1% of Glade's 107 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 0.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Glade against the rest of the country
Glade's 45th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glade ranks 17,390 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,732 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 569 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
Glade'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Glade (99.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glade's 17,390-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glade, see the exposure-zones guide.