Goshen, KY
Goshen, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Goshen at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 351 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Goshen at the 21st percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
Where Goshen's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Goshen: 55.6% of its 351 buildings, versus 44.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Goshen compares
Goshen's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (33rd 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, Goshen ranks 25,402 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,278 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 373 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Goshen and the insurance market
Goshen's low rating (19th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Goshen
With 55.6% of Goshen 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 351 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Goshen. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Goshen, see the exposure-zones guide.