Chicopee, KS
How exposed is Chicopee to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Chicopee at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 340 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Chicopee at the 60th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Chicopee's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Chicopee: 90.6% of its 340 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 9.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Chicopee ranks
Chicopee's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (50th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chicopee ranks 13,077 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,572 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 359 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Chicopee and the insurance market
Chicopee's elevated rating (59th 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 Chicopee
Because Direct exposure dominates in Chicopee (90.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Chicopee's figures come from
Chicopee's 59th-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 Chicopee's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.