Clinton, KY
Clinton wildfire risk explained
Clinton's 737 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clinton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 54.7% of Clinton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 45.3% Minimal share — a profile where 403 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Clinton compares
There's little gap between Clinton's 16th national percentile and its 25th percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clinton ranks 26,593 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,245 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 415 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clinton
At the 16th national percentile, Clinton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 54.7% of Clinton 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clinton's 26,593-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clinton, see the exposure-zones guide.