Wildfire Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index wildfire score

Wildfire risk — uncontrolled fires that spread across wildland and into communities — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Butler County carries the state's highest wildfire score at 95.6, with $5M in expected annual wildfire losses.

No Kansas county reaches the High band for wildfire, and expected annual losses from wildfire total roughly $50M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Wildfire

#CountyWildfire ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Butler County
95.6
Medium 0.00 / yr $5M
2 Reno County
95.5
Medium 0.00 / yr $4M
3 Comanche County
94.6
Medium 0.02 / yr $3M
4 Sedgwick County
94.4
Medium 0.00 / yr $3M
5 Barber County
92.3
Medium 0.01 / yr $2M
6 Elk County
91.7
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
7 Cowley County
91.6
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
8 Greenwood County
91.3
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
9 Chautauqua County
90.9
Medium 0.01 / yr $1M
10 Pottawatomie County
90.7
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
11 Riley County
89.5
Medium 0.00 / yr $2M
12 Jackson County
89.2
Medium 0.00 / yr $1M
13 Wabaunsee County
88.6
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
14 Seward County
88.4
Low 0.00 / yr $966K
15 Lyon County
88.3
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
16 Clark County
87.9
Low 0.01 / yr $1M
17 Meade County
87.6
Low 0.01 / yr $1M
18 Kingman County
86.7
Low 0.00 / yr $830K
19 Morris County
84.1
Low 0.00 / yr $475K
20 Dickinson County
83.9
Low 0.00 / yr $640K
21 Nemaha County
82.8
Low 0.00 / yr $702K
22 Kiowa County
82.8
Low 0.01 / yr $554K
23 Saline County
82.4
Low 0.00 / yr $671K
24 Geary County
82.0
Low 0.00 / yr $697K
25 Marshall County
81.2
Low 0.00 / yr $477K
26 Stafford County
81.1
Low 0.00 / yr $452K
27 Pratt County
80.6
Low 0.00 / yr $389K
28 Chase County
80.4
Low 0.00 / yr $470K
29 Harper County
79.5
Low 0.00 / yr $336K
30 Coffey County
78.5
Low 0.00 / yr $266K
31 Marion County
78.1
Low 0.00 / yr $350K
32 Washington County
77.9
Low 0.00 / yr $370K
33 Ellsworth County
77.4
Low 0.00 / yr $371K
34 Rice County
76.8
Low 0.00 / yr $342K
35 Woodson County
76.0
Low 0.00 / yr $196K
36 Shawnee County
75.3
Low 0.00 / yr $277K
37 Osage County
74.9
Low 0.00 / yr $249K
38 Stevens County
74.6
Low 0.00 / yr $163K
39 Barton County
74.1
Low 0.00 / yr $208K
40 Clay County
73.5
Low 0.00 / yr $220K
41 Morton County
73.1
Low 0.00 / yr $293K
42 Atchison County
72.7
Low 0.00 / yr $326K
43 Ottawa County
72.6
Low 0.00 / yr $224K
44 Brown County
71.4
Low 0.00 / yr $226K
45 Montgomery County
70.2
Low 0.00 / yr $149K
46 Ford County
68.0
Low 0.00 / yr $167K
47 Jefferson County
67.7
Low 0.00 / yr $234K
48 McPherson County
67.4
Low 0.00 / yr $235K
49 Harvey County
67.3
Low 0.00 / yr $241K
50 Sumner County
64.8
Low 0.00 / yr $131K
51 Cheyenne County
62.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $75K
52 Cloud County
62.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $99K
53 Johnson County
61.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $138K
54 Ellis County
60.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $133K
55 Lincoln County
59.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $72K
56 Leavenworth County
59.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $106K
57 Wilson County
59.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $93K
58 Russell County
58.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $84K
59 Phillips County
58.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $58K
60 Cherokee County
56.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $65K
61 Douglas County
55.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $90K
62 Pawnee County
55.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $66K
63 Edwards County
52.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $58K
64 Osborne County
52.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $48K
65 Doniphan County
51.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $55K
66 Grant County
51.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $67K
67 Rooks County
50.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $69K
68 Ness County
50.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $47K
69 Franklin County
50.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $54K
70 Trego County
46.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $56K
71 Finney County
46.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $38K
72 Wyandotte County
46.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $32K
73 Hodgeman County
45.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $49K
74 Bourbon County
44.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $31K
75 Jewell County
44.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $30K
76 Rush County
42.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $47K
77 Republic County
41.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $30K
78 Smith County
40.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $30K
79 Gove County
39.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $35K
80 Gray County
39.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $24K
81 Labette County
38.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $17K
82 Anderson County
37.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
83 Rawlins County
36.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $29K
84 Linn County
36.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $25K
85 Miami County
35.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $26K
86 Crawford County
33.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
87 Mitchell County
33.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $19K
88 Graham County
33.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $17K
89 Kearny County
32.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $22K
90 Logan County
31.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $13K
91 Norton County
31.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $13K
92 Stanton County
30.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $14K
93 Wallace County
30.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $15K
94 Decatur County
30.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
95 Lane County
28.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $18K
96 Sherman County
28.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $15K
97 Hamilton County
27.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $16K
98 Haskell County
24.9
Very Low 0.00 / yr $12K
99 Allen County
22.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $11K
100 Scott County
22.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $6K
101 Neosho County
21.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $9K
102 Sheridan County
15.7
Very Low 0.00 / yr $8K
103 Thomas County
15.4
Very Low 0.00 / yr $8K
104 Wichita County
10.0
Very Low 0.00 / yr $4K
105 Greeley County
6.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $3K

105 Kansas counties with measurable wildfire risk. See the national wildfire ranking or all Kansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest wildfire risk?

Butler County has the highest FEMA wildfire risk score in Kansas at 95.6 (Medium), with $5M in expected annual losses and about 0.00 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant wildfire risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable wildfire risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 0 of them are rated High or Very High.

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