Big Rock, TN
Big Rock, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Big Rock's 262 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Big Rock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
262 buildings are counted in Big Rock, and 98.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Big Rock against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Big Rock's 44th national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Big Rock ranks 17,757 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 332 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Big Rock
Big Rock's elevated wildfire rating (44th 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 Big Rock
With 98.1% of Big Rock 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.
More on how this number was built
Big Rock's 44th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Big Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.