High Bridge, KY
High Bridge, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
High Bridge's 229 buildings earn a 33rd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks High Bridge at the 36th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of High Bridge's 229 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 229 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How High Bridge compares
Within Kentucky, High Bridge ranks higher (61st percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, High Bridge ranks 20,982 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 213 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
High Bridge and the insurance market
High Bridge's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in High Bridge (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
High Bridge's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond High Bridge, see the exposure-zones guide.