Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 227,540 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) at the 31st 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
42.5% of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s 227,540 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 36.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 227,540 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) against the rest of the country
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) ranks 22,421 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 421 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s 42.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s 29th-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 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), see the exposure-zones guide.