Frankewing, TN
How exposed is Frankewing to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Frankewing lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 121 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Frankewing at the 36th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
121 buildings are counted in Frankewing, and 89.3% 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.
Where Frankewing ranks
There's little gap between Frankewing's 33rd national percentile and its 23rd percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frankewing ranks 21,033 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,134 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 388 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Frankewing and the insurance market
Frankewing's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Frankewing (89.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Frankewing's figures come from
Frankewing's 33rd-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 Frankewing's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.