Scottsville, KS
Scottsville, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Scottsville sits at the 25th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 55 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Scottsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Scottsville's buildings actually sit
Only 14.6% of Scottsville's 55 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Scottsville against the rest of the country
Inside Kansas, Scottsville sits at just the 5th percentile even though it scores 25th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Scottsville ranks 23,728 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,785 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 684 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Scottsville and the insurance market
Scottsville's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 85.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Scottsville 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 55 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Scottsville. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Scottsville, see the exposure-zones guide.