Pilsen, KS
How exposed is Pilsen to wildfire?
Pilsen's 79 buildings earn a 46th-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 Pilsen at the 38th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pilsen's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 82.3% of Pilsen's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 17.7% Minimal share — a profile where 65 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pilsen against the rest of the country
Inside Kansas, Pilsen sits at just the 22nd percentile even though it scores 46th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pilsen ranks 17,137 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,922 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 560 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Pilsen and the insurance market
Pilsen's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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 Pilsen
With 82.3% of Pilsen in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 79 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pilsen. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pilsen, see the exposure-zones guide.