Seneca, KS
Seneca wildfire risk explained
Seneca's 1,499 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seneca's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 7.6% of Seneca's 1,499 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 92.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Seneca compares
Seneca scores 69th nationally and 66th 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, Seneca ranks 9,700 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,171 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 246 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
Seneca's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Seneca
With 92.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Seneca gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Seneca's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,499 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seneca. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seneca's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.