Marienthal, KS
Marienthal, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marienthal at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 128 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marienthal's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
128 buildings are counted in Marienthal, and 68.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 31.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Marienthal ranks
Marienthal ranks lower within Kansas (27th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marienthal ranks 16,479 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,798 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 529 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Marienthal and the insurance market
Marienthal's elevated wildfire rating (48th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Marienthal
Because 68.8% of Marienthal's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Marienthal's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Marienthal, see the exposure-zones guide.