Grinnell, KS
Grinnell, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grinnell sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 317 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grinnell at the 20th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Grinnell's building exposure, zone by zone
317 buildings are counted in Grinnell, and 73.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 18% in Direct exposure or the 8.5% rated Minimal.
How Grinnell compares
Inside Kansas, Grinnell sits at just the 4th percentile even though it scores 24th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grinnell ranks 24,104 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,180 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 690 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Grinnell and the insurance market
Grinnell's moderate rating (24th 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 Grinnell (73.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Grinnell's figures come from
Grinnell's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grinnell's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.