Peabody, KS
How exposed is Peabody to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Peabody lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 736 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Peabody at the 63rd national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Peabody's building exposure, zone by zone
Peabody rates 88.2% Minimal exposure against just 11.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 736 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Peabody ranks
Peabody scores 69th nationally and 66th 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, Peabody ranks 9,795 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,258 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 248 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Peabody and the insurance market
Peabody's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Peabody
With 88.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Peabody gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Peabody's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Peabody's 9,795-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Peabody's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.