Hope, KS
Hope, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Hope at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 354 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hope's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Where Hope's buildings actually sit
Only 16.1% of Hope's 354 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 83.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Hope ranks
Hope scores 55th nationally and 42nd within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hope ranks 14,302 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,211 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 421 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Hope's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Hope
Even with 83.9% of Hope 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hope's 14,302-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hope, see the exposure-zones guide.