Neodesha, KS
Neodesha, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Neodesha sits at the 57th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,519 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Neodesha at the 56th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Neodesha's buildings actually sit
47.7% of Neodesha's 1,519 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Neodesha ranks
Neodesha's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (47th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Neodesha ranks 13,461 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,086 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 384 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Neodesha
Neodesha's elevated wildfire rating (57th 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
Even with 47.7% of Neodesha outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Neodesha's 57th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Neodesha, see the exposure-zones guide.