Green Spring, KY
Green Spring wildfire risk explained
Green Spring's 277 buildings earn a 18th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Green Spring's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.9% of Green Spring's 277 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 141 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 49.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Green Spring against the rest of the country
Green Spring's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (18th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Spring ranks 26,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 393 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Green Spring and the insurance market
Green Spring's low wildfire rating (18th 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 Green Spring
Green Spring's 50.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Green Spring's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 277 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Green Spring. The exposure-zones guide covers what Green Spring's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.