East Bernstadt, KY
How exposed is East Bernstadt to wildfire?
East Bernstadt's 589 buildings earn a 88th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Bernstadt's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of East Bernstadt's 589 counted buildings, 66% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How East Bernstadt compares
East Bernstadt's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Bernstadt ranks 3,652 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,979 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 68 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Bernstadt
East Bernstadt's very high rating (88th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
East Bernstadt's 66% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 589 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Bernstadt. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond East Bernstadt, see the exposure-zones guide.