Goodland, KS
Goodland wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Goodland lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 3,308 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Goodland at the 35th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 8.2% of Goodland's 3,308 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Goodland against the rest of the country
Goodland ranks lower within Kansas (15th percentile statewide) than its 38th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goodland ranks 19,504 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 615 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Goodland
Goodland's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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 Goodland
Even with 91.8% of Goodland 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.
More on how this number was built
Goodland's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Goodland, see the exposure-zones guide.