Drakesboro, KY
How exposed is Drakesboro to wildfire?
USFS scores Drakesboro at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 321 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Drakesboro at the 48th national percentile — 2 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
USFS classifies 64.8% of Drakesboro's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 35.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 208 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Drakesboro compares
Compare Drakesboro's two percentiles: 75th within Kentucky, only 46th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Drakesboro ranks 17,138 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 140 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Drakesboro and the insurance market
At the 46th national percentile, Drakesboro rates elevated 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 64.8% of Drakesboro 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
Drakesboro's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Drakesboro, see the exposure-zones guide.