Kickapoo Site 1, KS
Kickapoo Site 1 wildfire risk explained
Kickapoo Site 1 sits at the 78th 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 31 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kickapoo Site 1's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
Kickapoo Site 1's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Kickapoo Site 1's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 31 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Kickapoo Site 1 compares
There's little gap between Kickapoo Site 1's 78th national percentile and its 76th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kickapoo Site 1 ranks 6,840 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,342 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 171 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Kickapoo Site 1 and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Kickapoo Site 1 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kickapoo Site 1 (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kickapoo Site 1's 6,840-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kickapoo Site 1, see the exposure-zones guide.