Blaine, KY
How exposed is Blaine to wildfire?
USFS scores Blaine at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 57 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Blaine at the 80th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Blaine's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Blaine's 57 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 57 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Blaine ranks
There's little gap between Blaine's 76th national percentile and its 85th percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blaine ranks 7,437 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,739 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 82 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blaine
Blaine's high rating (76th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Blaine 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 57 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blaine. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blaine, see the exposure-zones guide.