Keats, KS
How exposed is Keats to wildfire?
Keats's 80 buildings earn a 94th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Keats at the 91st national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Keats's buildings actually sit
Most of Keats's buildings (67.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Keats against the rest of the country
Keats's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (95th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (94th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keats ranks 2,013 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,878 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 39 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Keats
At the 94th percentile nationally, Keats carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Keats
Keats's 67.5% 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.
Where Keats's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 80 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Keats. The exposure-zones guide covers what Keats's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.