Mortons Gap, KY
Mortons Gap, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mortons Gap's 561 buildings earn a 43rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mortons Gap's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
561 buildings are counted in Mortons Gap, and 56.3% 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.
Where Mortons Gap ranks
Compare Mortons Gap's two percentiles: 73rd within Kentucky, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mortons Gap ranks 17,898 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,389 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 152 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mortons Gap
At the 43rd national percentile, Mortons Gap rates elevated 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 56.3% of Mortons Gap 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 561 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mortons Gap. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mortons Gap, see the exposure-zones guide.