Lincolnville, KS
Lincolnville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lincolnville at the 64th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 173 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lincolnville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89.6% of Lincolnville's 173 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Lincolnville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Lincolnville's 64th national percentile and its 59th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lincolnville ranks 11,405 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,895 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 300 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 64th percentile nationally, Lincolnville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 89.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lincolnville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lincolnville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lincolnville's 11,405-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lincolnville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.