Lake Quivira, KS
How exposed is Lake Quivira to wildfire?
Lake Quivira sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 440 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lake Quivira at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Lake Quivira's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 72.5% of Lake Quivira's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 27.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Lake Quivira compares
Inside Kansas, Lake Quivira sits at just the 17th percentile even though it scores 40th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Quivira ranks 18,841 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 601 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Quivira
Lake Quivira's elevated wildfire rating (40th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 72.5% of Lake Quivira outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lake Quivira's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 440 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake Quivira. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Quivira's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.