Clarkson, KY
Clarkson wildfire risk explained
Clarkson's 651 buildings earn a 27th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clarkson at the 29th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Clarkson's buildings actually sit
Of Clarkson's 651 counted buildings, 60.7% 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.
How Clarkson compares
Compare Clarkson's two percentiles: 51st within Kentucky, only 27th nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarkson ranks 22,969 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,194 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 269 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clarkson
At the 27th national percentile, Clarkson rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Clarkson
Clarkson's 60.7% 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
Clarkson's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clarkson, see the exposure-zones guide.