Douglass Hills, KY
How exposed is Douglass Hills to wildfire?
Douglass Hills sits at the 12th 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 1,662 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Douglass Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Douglass Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Douglass Hills's buildings (68.5% of 1,662) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Douglass Hills compares
There's little gap between Douglass Hills's 12th national percentile and its 19th percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Douglass Hills ranks 27,604 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,553 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 445 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Douglass Hills
At the 12th national percentile, Douglass Hills rates low 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 Douglass Hills
Douglass Hills's 68.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Douglass Hills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,662 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Douglass Hills. The exposure-zones guide covers what Douglass Hills's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.