Linn, KS
Linn wildfire risk explained
Linn's 289 buildings earn a 52nd-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, Linn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 96.9% of Linn's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 3.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Linn against the rest of the country
Linn ranks lower within Kansas (36th percentile statewide) than its 52nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linn ranks 15,089 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,939 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 462 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Linn and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Linn rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 96.9% of Linn outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 289 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Linn. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Linn, see the exposure-zones guide.