Kent, WA
Kent wildfire risk explained
Kent's 35,993 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kent at the 16th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
93.6% of Kent's 35,993 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 35,993 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Kent compares
Kent scores 15th nationally and 20th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kent ranks 26,742 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 293 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 505 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kent
At the 15th national percentile, Kent rates low 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
Even with 93.6% of Kent outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 35,993 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kent. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kent, see the exposure-zones guide.