Briceville, TN
Briceville, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Briceville sits at the 85th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 259 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Briceville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Briceville's building exposure, zone by zone
259 buildings are counted in Briceville, and 84.2% 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.
How Briceville compares
Briceville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (85th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Briceville ranks 4,612 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,871 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 20 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Briceville and the insurance market
Briceville's 85th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Briceville
With 84.2% of Briceville 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 Briceville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 259 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Briceville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Briceville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.