Menlo, KS
Menlo, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Menlo's 56 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Menlo at the 6th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75% of Menlo's 56 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 25% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Menlo against the rest of the country
Menlo's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (0th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (7th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Menlo ranks 29,279 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,767 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 721 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Menlo and the insurance market
Menlo's low wildfire rating (7th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 75% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Menlo gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Menlo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 56 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Menlo. The exposure-zones guide covers what Menlo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.