Fairview (Christian), KY
Fairview (Christian), KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fairview (Christian) lands at the 28th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 264 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fairview (Christian) at the 29th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Fairview (Christian): 92.4% of its 264 buildings, versus 7.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Fairview (Christian) compares
Fairview (Christian)'s 53rd-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 28th 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, Fairview (Christian) ranks 22,754 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 261 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
Fairview (Christian)'s moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fairview (Christian)'s 92.4% 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
Fairview (Christian)'s 28th-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 Fairview (Christian), see the exposure-zones guide.