Crestview, KY
Crestview, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Crestview sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 179 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crestview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
179 buildings are counted in Crestview, and 59.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Crestview ranks
Crestview scores 16th nationally and 27th within Kentucky — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crestview ranks 26,378 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,672 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 405 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Crestview
At the 16th national percentile, Crestview rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Crestview (59.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Crestview's 26,378-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Crestview, see the exposure-zones guide.