Flemingsburg, KY
Flemingsburg, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Flemingsburg lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,916 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 Flemingsburg at the 41st percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Flemingsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
1,916 buildings are counted in Flemingsburg, and 60.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Flemingsburg against the rest of the country
Within Kentucky, Flemingsburg ranks higher (66th percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flemingsburg ranks 19,661 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,718 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 191 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Flemingsburg and the insurance market
At the 38th national percentile, Flemingsburg rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Flemingsburg's 60.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Flemingsburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Flemingsburg's 19,661-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Flemingsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.