Parsons, KS
Parsons, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Parsons's 5,872 buildings earn a 52nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parsons at the 53rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Parsons's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Parsons's buildings (80.3% of 5,872) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 5,872 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Parsons against the rest of the country
Parsons's 52nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 36th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parsons ranks 15,124 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 464 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parsons
Parsons's elevated wildfire rating (52nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Parsons
Even with 80.3% of Parsons outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Parsons's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,872 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Parsons. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parsons's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.