Williamsburg, KS
How exposed is Williamsburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Williamsburg at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 251 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Williamsburg at the 76th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Williamsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Williamsburg's buildings (69.3% of 251) 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.
Where Williamsburg ranks
There's little gap between Williamsburg's 77th national percentile and its 74th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Williamsburg ranks 7,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,104 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 185 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Williamsburg and the insurance market
Williamsburg's high rating (77th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 69.3% of Williamsburg outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Williamsburg's figures come from
Williamsburg's 77th-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 Williamsburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.