Ewing, KY
How exposed is Ewing to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ewing at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 208 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ewing at the 39th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Ewing: 57.7% of its 208 buildings, versus 42.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Ewing compares
Within Kentucky, Ewing ranks higher (65th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ewing ranks 20,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,552 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 196 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Ewing's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Ewing
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ewing (57.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ewing's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 208 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ewing. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ewing's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.