Fountain Run, KY
Fountain Run, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fountain Run lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 281 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fountain Run at the 42nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fountain Run's buildings actually sit
281 buildings are counted in Fountain Run, and 98.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Fountain Run compares
Compare Fountain Run's two percentiles: 67th within Kentucky, only 39th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fountain Run ranks 19,219 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,151 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 184 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fountain Run
Fountain Run's moderate wildfire rating (39th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 98.9% of Fountain Run in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Fountain Run's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fountain Run's 19,219-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fountain Run's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.