Corydon, KY
Corydon wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Corydon at the 5th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 394 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Corydon at the 5th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Corydon's building exposure, zone by zone
56.4% of Corydon's 394 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 222 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 43.7% are Minimal.
Where Corydon ranks
There's little gap between Corydon's 5th national percentile and its 1st percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corydon ranks 29,980 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,330 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 547 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Corydon
Corydon's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Corydon's 56.4% 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.
Where Corydon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 394 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Corydon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Corydon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.