Sublette, KS
Sublette wildfire risk explained
Sublette sits at the 38th 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 927 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sublette at the 35th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Sublette's building exposure, zone by zone
Sublette rates 92.1% Minimal exposure against just 7.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 927 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Sublette against the rest of the country
Sublette ranks lower within Kansas (14th percentile statewide) than its 38th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sublette ranks 19,565 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,499 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 619 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Sublette and the insurance market
Sublette's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Sublette
Sublette's 92.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Sublette's figures come from
Sublette's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sublette's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.