Kenton Vale, KY
How exposed is Kenton Vale to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kenton Vale at the 10th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 60 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kenton Vale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Where Kenton Vale's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Kenton Vale: 81.7% of its 60 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 18.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Kenton Vale compares
Kenton Vale's risk sits at a similar level relative to Kentucky (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kenton Vale ranks 28,271 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,649 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kentucky alone, it ranks 503 of 552 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kentucky on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kenton Vale
At the 10th national percentile, Kenton Vale rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Kenton Vale
Kenton Vale's 81.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 60 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kenton Vale. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kenton Vale, see the exposure-zones guide.