Rozel, KS
Rozel, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rozel lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 189 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rozel at the 10th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Rozel's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 77.8% of Rozel's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 22.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Rozel against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Rozel's 14th national percentile and its 1st percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rozel ranks 27,258 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 715 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rozel
At the 14th national percentile, Rozel rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Rozel
With 77.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rozel gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rozel's figures come from
Rozel's 14th-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 Rozel's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.