Lewisburg, KY
Lewisburg wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lewisburg at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 616 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lewisburg at the 34th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Lewisburg: 85.7% of its 616 buildings, versus 14.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Lewisburg compares
Compare Lewisburg's two percentiles: 59th within Kentucky, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lewisburg ranks 21,526 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,618 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 227 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Lewisburg and the insurance market
Lewisburg's moderate rating (32nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lewisburg (85.7%), 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
Lewisburg's 32nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lewisburg, see the exposure-zones guide.