Leonardville, KS
Leonardville, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Leonardville lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 317 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leonardville at the 58th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
84.2% of Leonardville's 317 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Leonardville ranks
Leonardville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (64th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (68th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leonardville ranks 10,242 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,181 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 264 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 68th percentile nationally, Leonardville 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.
Hardening a home in Leonardville
Leonardville's 84.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Leonardville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 317 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leonardville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Leonardville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.