Zurich, KS
How exposed is Zurich to wildfire?
Zurich sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 139 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Zurich at the 50th percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Zurich's building exposure, zone by zone
51.1% of Zurich's 139 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Zurich against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Zurich's 54th national percentile and its 41st percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Zurich ranks 14,429 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,325 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 428 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
Zurich'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.
Hardening a home in Zurich
With 51.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Zurich 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 Zurich's 14,429-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Zurich, see the exposure-zones guide.