Milton, KY
How exposed is Milton to wildfire?
Milton's 468 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Milton at the 23rd national percentile — 1 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
468 buildings are counted in Milton, and 65.2% 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.
Milton against the rest of the country
Milton's 38th-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 22nd 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, Milton ranks 24,676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 343 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Milton
At the 22nd national percentile, Milton rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.2% of Milton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 468 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Milton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Milton, see the exposure-zones guide.