Poole, KY
Poole, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Poole lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 299 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Poole at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
91.6% of Poole's 299 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 274 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.4% are Minimal.
Poole against the rest of the country
Poole scores 11th nationally and 15th within Kentucky — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Poole ranks 27,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,650 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 470 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 11th national percentile, Poole rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Poole
Poole's 91.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Poole's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Poole's 27,925-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Poole's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.