Fulton, KY
Fulton wildfire risk explained
Fulton's 1,422 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fulton at the 20th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
Where Fulton's buildings actually sit
Only 41.6% of Fulton's 1,422 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 58.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Fulton against the rest of the country
Fulton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (32nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fulton ranks 25,559 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,523 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 378 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fulton
At the 19th national percentile, Fulton 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
With 58.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Fulton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Fulton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fulton's 25,559-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fulton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.