Gleason, TN
Gleason, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Gleason at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 933 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 Gleason at the 34th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Where Gleason's buildings actually sit
933 buildings are counted in Gleason, and 70.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 4% rated Minimal.
How Gleason compares
Gleason scores 34th nationally and 23rd 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, Gleason ranks 20,972 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,446 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 385 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gleason
At the 34th national percentile, Gleason rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 70.4% of Gleason 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 Gleason's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 933 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gleason. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gleason's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.