Ransom, KS
How exposed is Ransom to wildfire?
USFS scores Ransom at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 321 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ransom's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Ransom's buildings (80.7% of 321) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Ransom against the rest of the country
Ransom's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 20th 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, Ransom ranks 17,776 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 580 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ransom
Ransom's elevated wildfire rating (44th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Ransom
Even with 80.7% of Ransom 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 321 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ransom. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ransom, see the exposure-zones guide.