Big Clifty, KY
Big Clifty, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Big Clifty lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 305 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Big Clifty at the 31st percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Where Big Clifty's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 75.4% of Big Clifty's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 24.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 230 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Big Clifty against the rest of the country
Within Kentucky, Big Clifty ranks higher (55th percentile) than it does nationally (29th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Big Clifty ranks 22,400 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,496 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 248 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Big Clifty and the insurance market
Big Clifty's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 75.4% of Big Clifty in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Big Clifty's 22,400-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Big Clifty, see the exposure-zones guide.