Kenny Lake, AK
Kenny Lake wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Kenny Lake at the 93rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 428 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kenny Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
Kenny Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 91.8% of Kenny Lake's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 8.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 393 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Kenny Lake ranks
There's little gap between Kenny Lake's 93rd national percentile and its 82nd percentile inside Alaska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kenny Lake ranks 2,098 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,685 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 59 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kenny Lake
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Kenny Lake carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 91.8% of Kenny Lake 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.
Where Kenny Lake's figures come from
Kenny Lake's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kenny Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.