St. Benedict, KS
St. Benedict, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
St. Benedict's 72 buildings earn a 63rd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts St. Benedict at the 61st percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of St. Benedict's buildings (65.3% of 72) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where St. Benedict ranks
St. Benedict's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (58th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (63rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Benedict ranks 11,566 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,204 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 307 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
St. Benedict's high rating (63rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, St. Benedict 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 72 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Benedict. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond St. Benedict, see the exposure-zones guide.