Thayer, KS
Thayer wildfire risk explained
Thayer's 368 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Thayer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
Thayer's building exposure, zone by zone
60.6% of Thayer's 368 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 39.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Thayer against the rest of the country
Thayer's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (50th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Thayer ranks 13,079 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,902 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 361 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Thayer and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Thayer rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Thayer
Thayer's 60.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 368 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Thayer. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Thayer, see the exposure-zones guide.