Simpsonville, KY
How exposed is Simpsonville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Simpsonville lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,120 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Simpsonville at the 23rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Simpsonville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Simpsonville's buildings (65.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Simpsonville against the rest of the country
Simpsonville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (36th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Simpsonville ranks 24,863 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 356 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Simpsonville
Simpsonville's moderate rating (21st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Simpsonville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Simpsonville (65.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,120 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Simpsonville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Simpsonville, see the exposure-zones guide.