Burkesville, KY
Burkesville wildfire risk explained
Burkesville's 1,094 buildings earn a 46th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Burkesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,094 buildings are counted in Burkesville, and 57.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Burkesville ranks
Within Kentucky, Burkesville ranks higher (75th percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burkesville ranks 16,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,314 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 138 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
Burkesville's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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
Burkesville's 57.7% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Burkesville's 16,925-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Burkesville, see the exposure-zones guide.