Liberty, KS
Liberty wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Liberty lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 101 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 Liberty at the 58th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Liberty's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Liberty: 74.3% of its 101 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 25.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Liberty ranks
There's little gap between Liberty'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, Liberty ranks 13,206 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 370 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Liberty and the insurance market
Liberty'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 Liberty
Because Direct exposure dominates in Liberty (74.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Liberty's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Liberty's 13,206-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Liberty's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.