Algood, TN
Algood wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Algood at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,862 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Algood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Algood's 1,862 counted buildings, 53.7% 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.
How Algood compares
Algood scores 54th nationally and 48th 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, Algood ranks 14,448 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,879 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 261 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Algood
At the 54th national percentile, Algood rates elevated 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
With 53.7% of Algood in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Algood's figures come from
Algood's 54th-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 Algood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.