Keene, KY
Keene, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Keene's 70 buildings earn a 30th-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 Keene at the 32nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Keene's buildings actually sit
70 buildings are counted in Keene, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Keene against the rest of the country
Within Kentucky, Keene ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keene ranks 21,962 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 236 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 30th national percentile, Keene 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 Keene
With 100% of Keene 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 70 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Keene. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Keene, see the exposure-zones guide.