Knottsville, KY
How exposed is Knottsville to wildfire?
USFS scores Knottsville at the 33rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 182 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Knottsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Knottsville's building exposure, zone by zone
182 buildings are counted in Knottsville, 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.
Knottsville against the rest of the country
Within Kentucky, Knottsville ranks higher (62nd 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, Knottsville ranks 20,983 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,536 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 214 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Knottsville
At the 33rd national percentile, Knottsville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Knottsville's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Knottsville's figures come from
Knottsville's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Knottsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.