Miston, TN
How exposed is Miston to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Miston at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 62 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Miston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Where Miston's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 66.1% of Miston's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 33.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Miston compares
Miston's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Miston ranks 28,760 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,601 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 496 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Miston and the insurance market
At the 9th national percentile, Miston rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 66.1% of Miston outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Miston's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Miston, see the exposure-zones guide.