Glencoe, KY
Glencoe, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glencoe's 286 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Glencoe at the 25th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Where Glencoe's buildings actually sit
286 buildings are counted in Glencoe, and 64% 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.
Glencoe against the rest of the country
Compare Glencoe's two percentiles: 43rd within Kentucky, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glencoe ranks 24,140 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 315 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glencoe
At the 23rd national percentile, Glencoe 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Glencoe (64%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Glencoe's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glencoe's 24,140-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glencoe's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.