Macksville, KS
Macksville, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Macksville sits at the 50th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 397 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Macksville at the 40th national percentile — 10 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Macksville's building exposure, zone by zone
82.4% of Macksville's 397 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 17.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Macksville ranks
Macksville's 50th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 32nd ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Macksville ranks 15,723 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,265 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 490 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 50th national percentile, Macksville 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 82.4% of Macksville 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 397 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Macksville. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Macksville, see the exposure-zones guide.