Glasgow, KY
How exposed is Glasgow to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Glasgow lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 7,280 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 Glasgow at the 35th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Glasgow's building exposure, zone by zone
49.8% of Glasgow's 7,280 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,628 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 15% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 35.2% are Minimal. At 7,280 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Glasgow ranks
Compare Glasgow's two percentiles: 60th within Kentucky, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glasgow ranks 21,268 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,350 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 220 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glasgow
Glasgow's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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.
Hardening a home in Glasgow
Because Direct exposure dominates in Glasgow (49.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Glasgow's figures come from
Glasgow's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glasgow's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.