Rockport, KY
How exposed is Rockport to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rockport at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 213 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rockport at the 45th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Rockport's building exposure, zone by zone
213 buildings are counted in Rockport, and 79.3% 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 Rockport ranks
Within Kentucky, Rockport ranks higher (72nd percentile) than it does nationally (43rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockport ranks 18,085 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 158 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Rockport and the insurance market
Rockport's elevated rating (43rd 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
With 79.3% of Rockport 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
Rockport's 43rd-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 Rockport, see the exposure-zones guide.