Mildred, KS
Mildred wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mildred lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 39 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mildred's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Mildred's 39 counted buildings, 79.5% carry Direct exposure and only 20.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Mildred compares
Mildred scores 60th nationally and 52nd 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, Mildred ranks 12,669 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,189 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 344 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Mildred and the insurance market
Mildred's elevated wildfire rating (60th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 79.5% of Mildred 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 Mildred's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mildred's 12,669-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mildred's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.