Russellville, KY
Russellville, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Russellville sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,063 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Russellville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Russellville: 46.2% of its 4,063 buildings, versus 17.1% Indirect and 36.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Russellville against the rest of the country
Russellville's 50th-percentile standing inside Kentucky outpaces its 27th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Russellville ranks 23,099 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,177 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 275 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Russellville and the insurance market
Russellville's moderate rating (27th 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 46.2% of Russellville 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,063 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Russellville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Russellville, see the exposure-zones guide.