Marysville, KS
Marysville, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Marysville sits at the 78th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,156 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marysville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
81.2% of Marysville's 2,156 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.7% Direct and 4.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Marysville against the rest of the country
Marysville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (76th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (78th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marysville ranks 6,841 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,050 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 172 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
Marysville's 78th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Marysville's 81.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Marysville's 78th-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 Marysville, see the exposure-zones guide.