Pleasanton, KS
How exposed is Pleasanton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pleasanton lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 904 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pleasanton at the 68th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pleasanton's building exposure, zone by zone
904 buildings are counted in Pleasanton, and 42.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.6% in Direct exposure or the 32.9% rated Minimal.
How Pleasanton compares
Pleasanton scores 66th nationally and 61st 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, Pleasanton ranks 10,589 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 279 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Pleasanton and the insurance market
At the 66th percentile nationally, Pleasanton carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Pleasanton's 42.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Pleasanton's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pleasanton, see the exposure-zones guide.