Roseland, KS
Roseland wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Roseland at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 95 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 Roseland at the 49th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Roseland's 95 counted buildings, 52.6% carry Direct exposure and only 47.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Roseland against the rest of the country
Roseland ranks lower within Kansas (27th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roseland ranks 16,386 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 525 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Roseland and the insurance market
Roseland's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Roseland
Roseland's 52.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Roseland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 95 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Roseland. The exposure-zones guide covers what Roseland's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.