Matfield Green, KS
How exposed is Matfield Green to wildfire?
USFS scores Matfield Green at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 63 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Matfield Green at the 91st national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Matfield Green's buildings actually sit
63 buildings are counted in Matfield Green, and 77.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Matfield Green ranks
Matfield Green scores 94th nationally and 95th within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Matfield Green ranks 1,829 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,544 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 36 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
Matfield Green's very high rating (94th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 77.8% of Matfield Green in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Matfield Green's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Matfield Green's 1,829-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Matfield Green's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.