Kent, OH
Kent wildfire risk explained
Kent sits at the 29th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 7,299 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kent at the 30th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Kent (45.9% of 7,299 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12.3% sit in the Direct zone. At 7,299 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Kent against the rest of the country
Kent's 63rd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 29th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kent ranks 22,412 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,345 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 466 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Kent and the insurance market
Kent's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 45.9% of Kent'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 Kent's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kent's 22,412-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kent's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.