Lafontaine, KS
Lafontaine wildfire risk explained
Lafontaine's 73 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lafontaine at the 62nd national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lafontaine's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 74% of Lafontaine's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 2.7% Indirect share and far above its 23.3% Minimal share — a profile where 54 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Lafontaine compares
Lafontaine scores 68th nationally and 64th 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, Lafontaine ranks 10,112 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,170 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 258 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lafontaine
At the 68th percentile nationally, Lafontaine 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 Lafontaine (74%), 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 Lafontaine's 10,112-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lafontaine, see the exposure-zones guide.