Plainville, KS
Plainville wildfire risk explained
Plainville's 1,415 buildings earn a 43rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plainville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Where Plainville's buildings actually sit
Only 1.2% of Plainville's 1,415 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 98.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Plainville compares
Plainville's 43rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainville ranks 17,897 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,560 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 583 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Plainville and the insurance market
Plainville's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 98.8% of Plainville 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 Plainville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plainville's 17,897-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plainville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.