Mulberry, KS
How exposed is Mulberry to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mulberry lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 342 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mulberry at the 68th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 62.9% of Mulberry's 342 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 37.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Mulberry compares
There's little gap between Mulberry's 66th national percentile and its 61st percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mulberry ranks 10,588 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,514 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 278 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Mulberry and the insurance market
At the 66th percentile nationally, Mulberry carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Mulberry
Because 62.9% of Mulberry's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 342 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mulberry. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mulberry, see the exposure-zones guide.