Vanceburg, KY
Vanceburg, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Vanceburg at the 52nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 992 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vanceburg at the 54th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Vanceburg's building exposure, zone by zone
71% of Vanceburg's 992 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.8% Direct and 0.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Vanceburg compares
Within Kentucky, Vanceburg ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vanceburg ranks 15,281 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 122 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Vanceburg and the insurance market
Vanceburg's elevated rating (52nd 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 Vanceburg
Because 71% of Vanceburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Vanceburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vanceburg's 15,281-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Vanceburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.