Summerfield, KS
Summerfield, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Summerfield sits at the 79th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 235 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Summerfield at the 72nd national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
66% of Summerfield's 235 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Summerfield ranks
Summerfield scores 79th nationally and 78th 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, Summerfield ranks 6,619 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,626 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 163 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Summerfield
At the 79th percentile nationally, Summerfield carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Summerfield
Because 66% of Summerfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Summerfield's 79th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Summerfield, see the exposure-zones guide.