Crab Orchard, KY
Crab Orchard wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Crab Orchard at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 591 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crab Orchard at the 59th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Crab Orchard: 61.3% of its 591 buildings, versus 38.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Crab Orchard compares
Crab Orchard's 81st-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 55th 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, Crab Orchard ranks 14,212 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,949 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 107 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
At the 55th national percentile, Crab Orchard rates elevated 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 Crab Orchard
With 61.3% of Crab Orchard 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.
Where Crab Orchard's figures come from
Crab Orchard's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Crab Orchard's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.