Onton, KY
Onton wildfire risk explained
Onton's 133 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Onton at the 20th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Onton's buildings actually sit
Of Onton's 133 counted buildings, 73.7% carry Direct exposure and only 25.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Onton ranks
Onton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (31st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Onton ranks 25,587 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 384 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Onton
Onton's low wildfire rating (19th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 73.7% of Onton 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
Onton's 19th-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 Onton, see the exposure-zones guide.