Lakin, KS
How exposed is Lakin to wildfire?
USFS scores Lakin at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,240 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lakin at the 52nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lakin's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 94.8% of Lakin's 1,240 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 5.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Lakin ranks
Lakin scores 54th nationally and 41st 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, Lakin ranks 14,399 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,409 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 425 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lakin
Lakin's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lakin (94.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Lakin's 54th-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 Lakin, see the exposure-zones guide.