Wakefield, KS
How exposed is Wakefield to wildfire?
Wakefield's 512 buildings earn a 88th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wakefield at the 82nd percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 86.1% of Wakefield's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 13.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Wakefield compares
Wakefield's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wakefield ranks 3,906 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,150 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 89 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wakefield
At the 88th percentile nationally, Wakefield carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 86.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wakefield gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Wakefield's figures come from
Wakefield's 88th-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 Wakefield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.