Pomona, KS
How exposed is Pomona to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pomona at the 71st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 549 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pomona at the 72nd percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Where Pomona's buildings actually sit
549 buildings are counted in Pomona, and 50.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 49.9% rated Minimal.
Where Pomona ranks
Pomona's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pomona ranks 9,074 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,583 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 227 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Pomona and the insurance market
At the 71st percentile nationally, Pomona 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.
Hardening a home in Pomona
With 50.1% of Pomona in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 549 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pomona. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pomona, see the exposure-zones guide.