Goodlettsville, TN
Goodlettsville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Goodlettsville at the 21st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 6,208 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Goodlettsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
Goodlettsville's building exposure, zone by zone
47.8% of Goodlettsville's 6,208 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,965 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 43.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.5% are Minimal. At 6,208 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Goodlettsville against the rest of the country
Goodlettsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goodlettsville ranks 25,036 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,796 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 472 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Goodlettsville's moderate rating (21st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Goodlettsville (47.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Goodlettsville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Goodlettsville's 25,036-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Goodlettsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.