Essary Springs, TN
Essary Springs, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Essary Springs lands at the 74th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 163 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Essary Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Essary Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Essary Springs's 163 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Essary Springs ranks
There's little gap between Essary Springs's 74th national percentile and its 74th percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Essary Springs ranks 8,236 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,303 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 132 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Essary Springs
At the 74th percentile nationally, Essary Springs 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Essary Springs 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 Essary Springs's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Essary Springs's 8,236-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Essary Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.