Dayton, TN
How exposed is Dayton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dayton lands at the 77th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,248 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dayton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
Dayton's building exposure, zone by zone
3,248 buildings are counted in Dayton, and 61.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38.6% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal.
Where Dayton ranks
Dayton scores 77th nationally and 80th 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, Dayton ranks 7,414 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,105 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 102 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dayton
Dayton's high rating (77th 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 61.3% of Dayton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dayton's 7,414-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dayton, see the exposure-zones guide.