Pawnee Rock, KS
How exposed is Pawnee Rock to wildfire?
Pawnee Rock sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 236 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pawnee Rock at the 44th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 73.7% of Pawnee Rock's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.6% Direct and 7.6% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Pawnee Rock ranks
Pawnee Rock's 47th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 26th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pawnee Rock ranks 16,638 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,591 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 536 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
Pawnee Rock's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Pawnee Rock
Even with 73.7% of Pawnee Rock outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pawnee Rock's figures come from
Pawnee Rock's 47th-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 Pawnee Rock's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.