West Mineral, KS
How exposed is West Mineral to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Mineral lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 164 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Mineral's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of West Mineral's buildings (64% of 164) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
West Mineral against the rest of the country
There's little gap between West Mineral's 54th national percentile and its 40th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Mineral ranks 14,561 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,250 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 436 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
West Mineral's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in West Mineral
With 64% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Mineral gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 164 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Mineral. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond West Mineral, see the exposure-zones guide.