Hillsdale, KS
How exposed is Hillsdale to wildfire?
Hillsdale sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 245 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hillsdale at the 57th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hillsdale's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 62.9% of Hillsdale's 245 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 37.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Hillsdale compares
There's little gap between Hillsdale's 56th national percentile and its 45th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hillsdale ranks 13,833 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,295 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 400 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Hillsdale and the insurance market
At the 56th national percentile, Hillsdale rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Hillsdale
Because 62.9% of Hillsdale's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hillsdale's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hillsdale, see the exposure-zones guide.