Maple Hill, KS
How exposed is Maple Hill to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Maple Hill at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 289 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maple Hill at the 76th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Maple Hill's buildings (64.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Maple Hill against the rest of the country
Maple Hill's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (73rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maple Hill ranks 7,436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,940 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 193 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Maple Hill and the insurance market
At the 76th percentile nationally, Maple Hill carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Maple Hill's 64.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Maple Hill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Maple Hill's 7,436-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Maple Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.