Lexington, TN
How exposed is Lexington to wildfire?
Lexington sits at the 50th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,171 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lexington at the 52nd percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Lexington's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lexington's 4,171 counted buildings, 64% carry Direct exposure and only 0.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Lexington ranks
There's little gap between Lexington's 50th national percentile and its 43rd percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lexington ranks 15,866 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,081 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 288 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lexington
Lexington's elevated wildfire rating (50th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Lexington
Lexington's 64% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Lexington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lexington's 15,866-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lexington's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.