Grenola, KS
Grenola, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grenola's 220 buildings earn a 95th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grenola at the 94th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
Grenola's building exposure, zone by zone
54.1% of Grenola's 220 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 119 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 33.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 12.3% are Minimal.
Where Grenola ranks
Grenola's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (97th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grenola ranks 1,443 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,121 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 25 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grenola
At the 95th percentile nationally, Grenola carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Grenola's 54.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 220 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grenola. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grenola, see the exposure-zones guide.