Dresden, TN
How exposed is Dresden to wildfire?
USFS scores Dresden at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,813 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dresden at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 75.1% of Dresden's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 24.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,361 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Dresden compares
Dresden scores 40th nationally and 30th 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, Dresden ranks 18,800 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,025 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 354 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dresden
Dresden's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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 Dresden
With 75.1% of Dresden 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 Dresden's figures come from
Dresden's 40th-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 Dresden's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.