Eddyville, KY
Eddyville wildfire risk explained
Eddyville's 1,268 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Eddyville at the 43rd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Eddyville: 66.3% of its 1,268 buildings, versus 8.8% Indirect and 24.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Eddyville compares
Eddyville's 69th-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 41st 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, Eddyville ranks 18,719 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,257 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 174 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Eddyville and the insurance market
At the 41st national percentile, Eddyville 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 Eddyville
Eddyville's 66.3% 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 1,268 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eddyville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Eddyville, see the exposure-zones guide.