Kechi, KS
Kechi wildfire risk explained
Kechi sits at the 81st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,223 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kechi at the 77th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.8% of Kechi's 1,223 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 46.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Kechi compares
Kechi scores 81st nationally and 80th within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kechi ranks 5,924 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,513 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 146 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Kechi and the insurance market
At the 81st percentile nationally, Kechi 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 Kechi
Kechi's 53.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,223 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kechi. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kechi, see the exposure-zones guide.