Kiowa, KS
Kiowa, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Kiowa at the 80th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 876 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kiowa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Kiowa's building exposure, zone by zone
876 buildings are counted in Kiowa, and 95.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 3.9% in Direct exposure or the 0.6% rated Minimal.
Where Kiowa ranks
Kiowa's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (78th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kiowa ranks 6,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,942 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 156 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Kiowa and the insurance market
Kiowa's high rating (80th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Kiowa
Kiowa's 95.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Kiowa's 80th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Kiowa, see the exposure-zones guide.