Walton, KY
Walton, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Walton at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,080 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Walton at the 22nd percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Where Walton's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Walton: 61.7% of its 2,080 buildings, versus 38.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Walton compares
Walton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walton ranks 25,115 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,253 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 362 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Walton and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Walton rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Walton (61.7%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Walton's 25,115-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Walton, see the exposure-zones guide.