Kenton, TN
Kenton wildfire risk explained
Kenton's 822 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kenton at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Where Kenton's buildings actually sit
53.5% of Kenton's 822 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 46.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Kenton compares
Kenton scores 9th nationally and 1st within Tennessee — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kenton ranks 28,789 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 497 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Kenton and the insurance market
At the 9th national percentile, Kenton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 53.5% of Kenton 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 822 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kenton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kenton, see the exposure-zones guide.