Rush Center, KS
How exposed is Rush Center to wildfire?
Rush Center sits at the 43rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 203 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rush Center at the 40th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 33% of Rush Center's 203 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 67% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Rush Center against the rest of the country
Rush Center's 43rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th 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, Rush Center ranks 17,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,731 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 586 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Rush Center and the insurance market
At the 43rd national percentile, Rush Center rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 67% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rush Center gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 203 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rush Center. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rush Center, see the exposure-zones guide.