Harrodsburg, KY
Harrodsburg wildfire risk explained
Harrodsburg's 4,576 buildings earn a 28th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Harrodsburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Harrodsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
4,576 buildings are counted in Harrodsburg, and 43.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 35% rated Minimal.
How Harrodsburg compares
Harrodsburg's 54th-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 28th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrodsburg ranks 22,561 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,728 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 252 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Harrodsburg
At the 28th national percentile, Harrodsburg rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Harrodsburg
Harrodsburg's 43.8% 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 Harrodsburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Harrodsburg's 22,561-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Harrodsburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.