Ledbetter, KY
How exposed is Ledbetter to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ledbetter lands at the 39th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,284 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ledbetter's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Ledbetter's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Ledbetter: 85.1% of its 1,284 buildings, versus 13.2% Indirect and 1.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Ledbetter ranks
Ledbetter's 67th-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 39th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ledbetter ranks 19,186 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,168 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 183 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ledbetter
Ledbetter's moderate wildfire rating (39th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Ledbetter
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ledbetter (85.1%), 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 Ledbetter's 19,186-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ledbetter, see the exposure-zones guide.