Mackville, KY
Mackville, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mackville at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 196 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mackville at the 37th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Mackville's building exposure, zone by zone
196 buildings are counted in Mackville, 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.
How Mackville compares
Within Kentucky, Mackville ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mackville ranks 20,700 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,998 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 204 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mackville
Mackville's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Mackville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mackville (100%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 196 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mackville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mackville, see the exposure-zones guide.