Glen Elder, KS
Glen Elder wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Glen Elder at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 420 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Glen Elder at the 31st percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
93.1% of Glen Elder's 420 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 6.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Glen Elder against the rest of the country
Glen Elder ranks lower within Kansas (13th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen Elder ranks 20,135 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,816 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 629 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glen Elder
Glen Elder's moderate wildfire rating (36th 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 Glen Elder
Even with 93.1% of Glen Elder outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Glen Elder's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glen Elder's 20,135-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glen Elder's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.