Jamestown, TN
Jamestown, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Jamestown sits at the 81st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,139 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jamestown at the 85th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Jamestown's building exposure, zone by zone
52.6% of Jamestown's 1,139 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Jamestown ranks
There's little gap between Jamestown's 81st national percentile and its 88th percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jamestown ranks 5,993 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,023 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 61 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jamestown
At the 81st percentile nationally, Jamestown carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Jamestown
Because 52.6% of Jamestown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jamestown's 5,993-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Jamestown, see the exposure-zones guide.