St. Paul, KS
How exposed is St. Paul to wildfire?
St. Paul's 493 buildings earn a 54th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, St. Paul's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
65.7% of St. Paul's 493 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
St. Paul against the rest of the country
St. Paul's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kansas (41st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Paul ranks 14,464 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,471 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 429 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
St. Paul and the insurance market
St. Paul's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
St. Paul's 65.7% 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 St. Paul's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind St. Paul's 14,464-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Paul's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.