Willowbrook, KS
How exposed is Willowbrook to wildfire?
USFS scores Willowbrook at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 50 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Willowbrook's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Willowbrook's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Willowbrook's 50 counted buildings, 98% carry Direct exposure and only 2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Willowbrook against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Willowbrook's 71st national percentile and its 69th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Willowbrook ranks 9,050 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,930 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 224 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Willowbrook and the insurance market
Willowbrook's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Willowbrook
Because Direct exposure dominates in Willowbrook (98%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Willowbrook's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 50 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Willowbrook. The exposure-zones guide covers what Willowbrook's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.