Neosho Falls, KS
Neosho Falls wildfire risk explained
Neosho Falls sits at the 44th 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 115 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 Neosho Falls at the 44th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Where Neosho Falls's buildings actually sit
Of Neosho Falls's 115 counted buildings, 57.4% carry Direct exposure and only 42.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Neosho Falls against the rest of the country
Inside Kansas, Neosho Falls sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 44th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Neosho Falls ranks 17,612 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,414 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 574 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Neosho Falls and the insurance market
At the 44th national percentile, Neosho Falls rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Neosho Falls (57.4%), 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
Neosho Falls's 44th-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 Neosho Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.