Ogden, KS
Ogden, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ogden at the 86th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 865 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ogden at the 84th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ogden's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Ogden's buildings (88.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Ogden against the rest of the country
Ogden scores 86th nationally and 86th 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, Ogden ranks 4,438 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,030 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 101 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ogden
At the 86th percentile nationally, Ogden 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
Ogden's 88.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ogden's figures come from
Ogden's 86th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ogden's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.