Dickson, TN
Dickson wildfire risk explained
Dickson sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,794 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dickson at the 50th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
6,794 buildings are counted in Dickson, and 61.5% 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. At 6,794 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Dickson ranks
Dickson scores 47th nationally and 38th 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, Dickson ranks 16,656 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 313 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Dickson and the insurance market
Dickson's elevated wildfire rating (47th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Dickson
With 61.5% of Dickson 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 Dickson's figures come from
Dickson's 47th-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 Dickson's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.