Blanche, TN
Blanche, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Blanche at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 334 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blanche at the 34th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Blanche's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Blanche: 100% of its 334 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Blanche ranks
Blanche scores 32nd nationally and 20th 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, Blanche ranks 21,537 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,727 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 399 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Blanche and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Blanche rates moderate 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
Blanche's 100% 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.
Where Blanche's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 334 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blanche. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blanche's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.