Buckner, KY
Buckner wildfire risk explained
Buckner's 1,595 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Buckner's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Where Buckner's buildings actually sit
Of Buckner's 1,595 counted buildings, 78.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Buckner against the rest of the country
Buckner's 41st-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 23rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buckner ranks 24,388 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,787 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 326 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
Buckner's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Buckner
Buckner's 78.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Buckner's 24,388-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Buckner, see the exposure-zones guide.