Republic, KS
Republic wildfire risk explained
Republic's 167 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Republic at the 14th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 4.2% of Republic's 167 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 95.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Republic compares
Republic ranks lower within Kansas (3rd percentile statewide) than its 20th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Republic ranks 25,368 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,133 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 704 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Republic's low wildfire rating (20th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 95.8% of Republic 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 167 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Republic. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Republic, see the exposure-zones guide.