Fairview (Kenton), KY
Fairview (Kenton), KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fairview (Kenton) lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 99 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 (Kenton) at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Fairview (Kenton)'s building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Fairview (Kenton)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 99 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Fairview (Kenton) ranks
There's little gap between Fairview (Kenton)'s 16th national percentile and its 26th percentile inside Kentucky, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fairview (Kenton) ranks 26,470 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,083 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 408 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
At the 16th national percentile, Fairview (Kenton) rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Fairview (Kenton)'s 100% 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 99 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fairview (Kenton). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fairview (Kenton), see the exposure-zones guide.