Barbourville, KY
Barbourville, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Barbourville sits at the 89th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,439 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Barbourville at the 92nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Barbourville's building exposure, zone by zone
77.6% of Barbourville's 1,439 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Barbourville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Barbourville's 89th national percentile and its 88th percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barbourville ranks 3,622 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,434 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 67 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barbourville
Barbourville's very high rating (89th 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 Barbourville
Barbourville's 77.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Barbourville's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Barbourville, see the exposure-zones guide.