Jamestown, KS
How exposed is Jamestown to wildfire?
USFS scores Jamestown at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 267 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jamestown at the 28th percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
84.3% of Jamestown's 267 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Jamestown against the rest of the country
Jamestown's 32nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 11th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jamestown ranks 21,525 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,601 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 643 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
At the 32nd national percentile, Jamestown rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 84.3% of Jamestown 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 267 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jamestown. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Jamestown, see the exposure-zones guide.