Schoenchen, KS
Schoenchen wildfire risk explained
Schoenchen sits at the 54th 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 161 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Schoenchen's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Schoenchen's building exposure, zone by zone
72.1% of Schoenchen's 161 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Schoenchen compares
Schoenchen's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (40th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Schoenchen ranks 14,492 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 432 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Schoenchen
Schoenchen's elevated rating (54th 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 Schoenchen
Schoenchen's 72.1% 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 Schoenchen's 14,492-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Schoenchen, see the exposure-zones guide.