Wallace, KS
Wallace wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wallace lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 106 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wallace at the 51st percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
72.6% of Wallace's 106 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 77 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 27.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Wallace compares
Inside Kansas, Wallace sits at just the 37th percentile even though it scores 53rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wallace ranks 14,934 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,771 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 453 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wallace
Wallace's elevated wildfire rating (53rd 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 Wallace
With 72.6% of Wallace in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Wallace's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 106 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wallace. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wallace's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.