Newbury, KS
Newbury, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Newbury sits at the 84th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 75 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 Newbury at the 82nd percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Newbury's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 65.3% of Newbury's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 34.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 49 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Newbury against the rest of the country
Newbury scores 84th 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, Newbury ranks 5,166 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,089 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 128 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 84th percentile nationally, Newbury 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
Newbury's 65.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 75 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newbury. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newbury, see the exposure-zones guide.