Braden, TN
Braden wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Braden at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 284 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Braden at the 50th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Braden's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Braden: 95.8% of its 284 buildings, versus 3.9% Indirect and 0.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Braden compares
Braden's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (41st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Braden ranks 16,024 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,077 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 297 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
At the 49th national percentile, Braden rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Braden
Braden's 95.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 284 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Braden. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Braden, see the exposure-zones guide.