Muscotah, KS
How exposed is Muscotah to wildfire?
Muscotah's 171 buildings earn a 75th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Muscotah's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Where Muscotah's buildings actually sit
Of Muscotah's 171 counted buildings, 64.9% carry Direct exposure and only 35.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Muscotah compares
Muscotah's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (73rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (75th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Muscotah ranks 7,787 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,984 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 198 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
Muscotah's high rating (75th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Muscotah (64.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Muscotah's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Muscotah's 7,787-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Muscotah's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.