Milton, KS
Milton, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Milton sits at the 25th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 144 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Milton at the 20th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Milton's 144 counted buildings, 70.8% carry Direct exposure and only 29.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Milton ranks
Milton ranks lower within Kansas (6th percentile statewide) than its 25th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milton ranks 23,633 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,121 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 681 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
Milton's moderate wildfire rating (25th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Milton (70.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Milton's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Milton, see the exposure-zones guide.