Dandridge, TN
Dandridge, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dandridge's 1,820 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dandridge at the 72nd national percentile — 5 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 61.1% of Dandridge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 38.1% Indirect share and far above its 0.8% Minimal share — a profile where 1,112 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Dandridge compares
Dandridge scores 68th nationally and 61st 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, Dandridge ranks 10,256 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,007 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 196 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Dandridge and the insurance market
At the 68th percentile nationally, Dandridge carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Dandridge
Dandridge's 61.1% 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
Dandridge's 68th-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 Dandridge, see the exposure-zones guide.