Nortonville, KS
How exposed is Nortonville to wildfire?
USFS scores Nortonville at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 395 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Nortonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Where Nortonville's buildings actually sit
Only 20.3% of Nortonville's 395 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Nortonville ranks
Nortonville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (53rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (60th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nortonville ranks 12,670 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,317 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 345 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Nortonville and the insurance market
At the 60th national percentile, Nortonville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 79.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Nortonville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nortonville's 12,670-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Nortonville, see the exposure-zones guide.