Kent Narrows, MD
How exposed is Kent Narrows to wildfire?
Kent Narrows sits at the 43rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 280 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kent Narrows at the 40th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 13.9% of Kent Narrows's 280 buildings carry Direct exposure and 36.1% carry Indirect; the remaining 50% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Kent Narrows ranks
Compare Kent Narrows's two percentiles: 61st within Maryland, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kent Narrows ranks 17,988 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,184 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 204 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kent Narrows
Kent Narrows's elevated rating (43rd 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 Kent Narrows
With 50% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Kent Narrows gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Kent Narrows's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kent Narrows's 17,988-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kent Narrows's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.