Powderly, KY
How exposed is Powderly to wildfire?
Powderly's 610 buildings earn a 41st-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, Powderly's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Powderly's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Powderly: 70.3% of its 610 buildings, versus 29.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Powderly compares
Within Kentucky, Powderly ranks higher (69th percentile) than it does nationally (41st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Powderly ranks 18,559 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,692 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 172 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Powderly and the insurance market
At the 41st national percentile, Powderly rates elevated 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 Powderly
With 70.3% of Powderly 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
Powderly's 41st-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 Powderly, see the exposure-zones guide.