Kevil, KY
How exposed is Kevil to wildfire?
USFS scores Kevil at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 418 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kevil at the 23rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Kevil's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 56.7% of Kevil's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 43.3% Minimal share — a profile where 237 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Kevil ranks
Compare Kevil's two percentiles: 43rd within Kentucky, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kevil ranks 24,263 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,857 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 317 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kevil
Kevil's moderate rating (23rd 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 Kevil (56.7%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kevil's 24,263-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kevil, see the exposure-zones guide.