Kingston, UT
Kingston wildfire risk explained
Kingston sits at the 70th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 148 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 Kingston at the 66th percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Kingston's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 52.7% of Kingston's 148 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Kingston against the rest of the country
Kingston's 70th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston ranks 9,435 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,969 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 234 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Kingston and the insurance market
Kingston's high rating (70th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Kingston's 52.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Kingston's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Kingston, see the exposure-zones guide.