Harris, KS
Harris, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Harris at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 47 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Harris's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Harris's building exposure, zone by zone
72.3% of Harris's 47 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 27.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Harris ranks
There's little gap between Harris's 57th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harris ranks 13,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,996 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 385 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Harris and the insurance market
Harris's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 72.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Harris gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Harris's 57th-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 Harris, see the exposure-zones guide.