South Haven, KS
South Haven wildfire risk explained
South Haven's 286 buildings earn a 49th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Haven at the 43rd percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where South Haven's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 75.5% of South Haven's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 24.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How South Haven compares
South Haven's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 30th ranking inside Kansas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Haven ranks 16,043 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,003 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 507 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
South Haven's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in South Haven
South Haven's 75.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where South Haven's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 286 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Haven. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Haven's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.