Hazel Green, KY
Hazel Green wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Hazel Green at the 75th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 230 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hazel Green at the 79th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hazel Green's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 84.4% of Hazel Green's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 15.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 194 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Hazel Green compares
Hazel Green scores 75th nationally and 85th within Kentucky — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hazel Green ranks 7,878 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,794 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 85 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Hazel Green and the insurance market
At the 75th percentile nationally, Hazel Green carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 84.4% of Hazel Green 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.
Where Hazel Green's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hazel Green's 7,878-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hazel Green's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.