Hoisington, KS
Hoisington, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hoisington lands at the 77th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,796 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hoisington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
Hoisington's building exposure, zone by zone
Hoisington rates 97.9% Minimal exposure against just 2% Direct and 0.1% Indirect — of 1,796 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Hoisington against the rest of the country
Hoisington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (74th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (77th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hoisington ranks 7,150 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,078 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 187 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Hoisington and the insurance market
Hoisington's 77th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 97.9% of Hoisington 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.
Where Hoisington's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,796 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hoisington. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hoisington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.