Reidland, KY
How exposed is Reidland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Reidland at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,447 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Reidland at the 44th percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Where Reidland's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 83.8% of Reidland's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 1% Indirect share and far above its 15.2% Minimal share — a profile where 2,050 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Reidland ranks
Within Kentucky, Reidland 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, Reidland ranks 18,494 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,404 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 170 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Reidland and the insurance market
Reidland's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Reidland (83.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Reidland'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 Reidland, see the exposure-zones guide.