Grantville, KS
Grantville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grantville lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 131 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grantville at the 54th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 64.9% of Grantville's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 35.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Grantville against the rest of the country
Grantville ranks lower within Kansas (38th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grantville ranks 14,839 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,664 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 449 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grantville
Grantville's elevated rating (53rd 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
Grantville's 64.9% 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
Grantville's 53rd-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 Grantville, see the exposure-zones guide.