Jennings, KS
How exposed is Jennings to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jennings lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 190 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jennings at the 49th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Jennings's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 85.8% of Jennings's 190 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 14.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Jennings ranks
Jennings ranks lower within Kansas (34th percentile statewide) than its 51st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jennings ranks 15,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 479 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Jennings and the insurance market
Jennings's elevated rating (51st 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
Because 85.8% of Jennings's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Jennings's figures come from
Jennings's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jennings's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.