Crab Orchard, TN
Crab Orchard, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Crab Orchard at the 82nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 710 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Crab Orchard's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Where Crab Orchard's buildings actually sit
80.6% of Crab Orchard's 710 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 572 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 19.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Crab Orchard ranks
Crab Orchard's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (89th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Crab Orchard ranks 5,843 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,565 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 57 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Crab Orchard (80.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Crab Orchard's figures come from
Crab Orchard's 82nd-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 Crab Orchard's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.