Paradise, KS
Paradise wildfire risk explained
Paradise sits at the 71st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 72 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Paradise's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Paradise's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 75% of Paradise's 72 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Paradise against the rest of the country
Paradise's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paradise ranks 9,142 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,202 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 228 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Paradise's 71st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 75% of Paradise'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.
Where Paradise's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Paradise's 9,142-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Paradise's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.