Kenvir, KY
Kenvir, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kenvir's 162 buildings earn a 90th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kenvir at the 92nd percentile, close to its 90th-percentile risk score.
Kenvir's building exposure, zone by zone
59.9% of Kenvir's 162 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 97 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 40.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Kenvir against the rest of the country
Kenvir scores 90th nationally and 91st 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, Kenvir ranks 3,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 51 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kenvir
Kenvir's 90th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Kenvir (59.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kenvir's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kenvir's 3,120-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kenvir's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.