Prescott, KS
Prescott, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Prescott sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 183 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Prescott at the 62nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Prescott rates 63.9% Minimal exposure against just 36.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 183 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Prescott against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Prescott's 61st national percentile and its 54th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prescott ranks 12,383 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,499 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 336 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Prescott and the insurance market
Prescott's high rating (61st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 63.9% of Prescott 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 Prescott's figures come from
Prescott's 61st-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 Prescott's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.