Wilson, KS
Wilson wildfire risk explained
Wilson's 661 buildings earn a 59th-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, Wilson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Where Wilson's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 57% of Wilson's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 6.1% Direct and 36.9% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Wilson compares
Wilson scores 59th nationally and 51st within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilson ranks 13,012 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,047 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 356 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
Wilson's elevated rating (59th 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
With 57% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wilson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wilson's 13,012-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wilson, see the exposure-zones guide.