Lawrence, KS
Lawrence, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lawrence's 29,146 buildings earn a 57th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lawrence's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Where Lawrence's buildings actually sit
72.9% of Lawrence's 29,146 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 13.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 29,146 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Lawrence compares
Lawrence's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (46th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lawrence ranks 13,544 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 402 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 388 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 57th national percentile, Lawrence rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Lawrence
With 72.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lawrence gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lawrence's 13,544-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lawrence, see the exposure-zones guide.