Auxier, KY
How exposed is Auxier to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Auxier lands at the 90th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 451 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Auxier's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 93rd percentile nationally.
Auxier's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Auxier's buildings (63.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Auxier ranks
There's little gap between Auxier's 90th national percentile and its 92nd percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Auxier ranks 3,085 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,256 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 48 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 90th percentile nationally, Auxier carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Auxier
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Auxier (63.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 451 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Auxier. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Auxier, see the exposure-zones guide.