Russell, KS
Russell, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Russell at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 3,306 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Russell at the 59th 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
59.7% of Russell's 3,306 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 5.6% Direct and 34.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Russell against the rest of the country
Russell scores 62nd nationally and 55th 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, Russell ranks 12,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,038 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 326 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
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Russell carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Russell's 59.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Russell's 12,065-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Russell, see the exposure-zones guide.