Hunnewell, KS
Hunnewell wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hunnewell lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 75 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hunnewell at the 38th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hunnewell's building exposure, zone by zone
Hunnewell rates 66.7% Minimal exposure against just 33.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 75 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Hunnewell against the rest of the country
Inside Kansas, Hunnewell sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 46th 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, Hunnewell ranks 17,136 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,088 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 559 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Hunnewell and the insurance market
Hunnewell's elevated rating (46th 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
Hunnewell's 66.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Hunnewell's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 75 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hunnewell. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hunnewell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.