Ogallah, KS
How exposed is Ogallah to wildfire?
USFS scores Ogallah at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 71 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ogallah's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Ogallah's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 69% of Ogallah's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 49 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Ogallah ranks
Ogallah's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 30th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ogallah ranks 16,003 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 505 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ogallah
At the 49th national percentile, Ogallah rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Ogallah
Ogallah's 69% 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 71 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ogallah. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ogallah, see the exposure-zones guide.