Hampton, TN
How exposed is Hampton to wildfire?
Hampton's 1,489 buildings earn a 84th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hampton at the 86th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.8% of Hampton's 1,489 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 757 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 49.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Hampton ranks
Hampton scores 84th nationally and 94th 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, Hampton ranks 4,927 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,215 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 29 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Hampton and the insurance market
Hampton's very high rating (84th 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.
Hardening a home in Hampton
With 50.8% of Hampton 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.
More on how this number was built
Hampton's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hampton, see the exposure-zones guide.