Neosho Rapids, KS
Neosho Rapids, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Neosho Rapids at the 83rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 207 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Neosho Rapids at the 78th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Neosho Rapids: 62.3% of its 207 buildings, versus 37.2% Indirect and 0.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Neosho Rapids ranks
Neosho Rapids scores 83rd nationally and 82nd within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Neosho Rapids ranks 5,484 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,595 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 133 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
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Neosho Rapids carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Neosho Rapids's 62.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Neosho Rapids's figures come from
Neosho Rapids's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Neosho Rapids's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.