Redfield, KS
Redfield, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Redfield at the 68th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 86 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 Redfield at the 69th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
65.1% of Redfield's 86 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Redfield ranks
Redfield scores 68th nationally and 64th 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, Redfield ranks 10,082 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,649 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 257 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Redfield and the insurance market
Redfield's high rating (68th 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
Redfield's 65.1% 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.
Where Redfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 86 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Redfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what Redfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.