Yelvington, KY
Yelvington, KY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Yelvington at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 244 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Yelvington at the 25th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Yelvington's buildings actually sit
244 buildings are counted in Yelvington, and 98% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 2.1% rated Minimal.
Yelvington against the rest of the country
Within Kentucky, Yelvington ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yelvington ranks 24,015 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,332 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 308 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yelvington
Yelvington's moderate rating (24th 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 Yelvington
With 98% of Yelvington 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 244 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Yelvington. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Yelvington, see the exposure-zones guide.