Lenora, KS
Lenora wildfire risk explained
Lenora sits at the 58th 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 306 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lenora's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Lenora's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lenora (84% of 306 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 16% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Lenora ranks
There's little gap between Lenora's 58th national percentile and its 49th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lenora ranks 13,238 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,468 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 372 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
Lenora's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lenora
Because 84% of Lenora's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lenora's 13,238-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lenora, see the exposure-zones guide.