Graysville, TN
Graysville, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Graysville at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 798 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 Graysville at the 81st percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
798 buildings are counted in Graysville, and 72.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 27.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Graysville ranks
Graysville scores 78th nationally and 81st 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, Graysville ranks 7,034 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 91 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Graysville
Graysville's high rating (78th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Graysville's 72.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Graysville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Graysville's 7,034-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Graysville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.