New Albany, KS
New Albany, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Albany at the 87th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 58 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Albany at the 86th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Albany's buildings actually sit
77.6% of New Albany's 58 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 45 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How New Albany compares
New Albany scores 87th nationally and 87th 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, New Albany ranks 4,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,708 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 93 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Albany
New Albany's 87th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 77.6% of New Albany in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where New Albany's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 58 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Albany. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Albany's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.