Tonganoxie, KS
Tonganoxie, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Tonganoxie lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,255 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tonganoxie's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
Where Tonganoxie's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 66.6% of Tonganoxie's 2,255 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 33.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Tonganoxie ranks
Tonganoxie's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (60th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (66th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tonganoxie ranks 10,869 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,804 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 288 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
Tonganoxie's 66th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie's 66.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Tonganoxie's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tonganoxie's 10,869-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tonganoxie's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.