Walton, KS
How exposed is Walton to wildfire?
Walton's 191 buildings earn a 66th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Walton at the 60th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Walton's buildings actually sit
85.3% of Walton's 191 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 14.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Walton against the rest of the country
Walton scores 66th nationally and 61st 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, Walton ranks 10,679 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,200 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 286 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
At the 66th percentile nationally, Walton 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Walton's 85.3% 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 191 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Walton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Walton, see the exposure-zones guide.