Niotaze, KS
Niotaze wildfire risk explained
Niotaze's 91 buildings earn a 91st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Niotaze at the 93rd percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Niotaze: 68.1% of its 91 buildings, versus 31.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Niotaze compares
There's little gap between Niotaze's 91st national percentile and its 91st percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Niotaze ranks 2,831 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,448 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 63 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 91st percentile nationally, Niotaze 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.
Hardening a home in Niotaze
With 68.1% of Niotaze 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 Niotaze's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 91 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Niotaze. The exposure-zones guide covers what Niotaze's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.