Alexandria, TN
Alexandria wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alexandria lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 597 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alexandria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Where Alexandria's buildings actually sit
Of Alexandria's 597 counted buildings, 58% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Alexandria ranks
There's little gap between Alexandria's 33rd national percentile and its 22nd percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexandria ranks 21,289 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,887 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 392 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Alexandria's moderate wildfire rating (33rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Alexandria
Because Direct exposure dominates in Alexandria (58%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Alexandria's figures come from
Alexandria's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alexandria's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.