Ingalls, KS
Ingalls wildfire risk explained
Ingalls sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 210 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ingalls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
Where Ingalls's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ingalls (82.4% of 210 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Ingalls ranks
Ingalls's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (61st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ingalls ranks 12,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,478 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 334 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ingalls
At the 61st percentile nationally, Ingalls carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Ingalls's 82.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ingalls's 12,318-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ingalls, see the exposure-zones guide.