Blue Ridge Manor, KY
How exposed is Blue Ridge Manor to wildfire?
Blue Ridge Manor sits at the 10th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 244 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blue Ridge Manor's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
65.6% of Blue Ridge Manor's 244 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 34.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Blue Ridge Manor ranks
Blue Ridge Manor's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blue Ridge Manor ranks 28,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,331 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 518 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blue Ridge Manor
Blue Ridge Manor's low wildfire rating (10th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 65.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Blue Ridge Manor gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Blue Ridge Manor's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blue Ridge Manor's 28,392-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blue Ridge Manor's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.