Huntingdon, TN
How exposed is Huntingdon to wildfire?
USFS scores Huntingdon at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,782 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Huntingdon at the 48th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Huntingdon's 2,782 counted buildings, 81.2% carry Direct exposure and only 3.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Huntingdon ranks
Huntingdon scores 47th nationally and 37th 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, Huntingdon ranks 16,780 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,801 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 317 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Huntingdon and the insurance market
Huntingdon's elevated rating (47th 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 Huntingdon (81.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Huntingdon's figures come from
Huntingdon's 47th-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 Huntingdon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.