Linwood, KS
Linwood, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Linwood's 236 buildings earn a 56th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Linwood at the 57th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Linwood's buildings actually sit
Linwood rates 46.6% Minimal exposure against just 22.9% Direct and 30.5% Indirect — of 236 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Linwood against the rest of the country
Linwood's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linwood ranks 13,863 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,590 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 402 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Linwood
Linwood's elevated rating (56th 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 Linwood
With 46.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Linwood gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Linwood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 236 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Linwood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Linwood's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.