New Johnsonville, TN
How exposed is New Johnsonville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Johnsonville at the 50th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,205 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Johnsonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
77.2% of New Johnsonville's 1,205 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 930 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.4% are Minimal.
How New Johnsonville compares
New Johnsonville scores 50th nationally and 44th 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, New Johnsonville ranks 15,646 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,620 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 284 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
New Johnsonville's elevated rating (50th 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 New Johnsonville
New Johnsonville's 77.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,205 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Johnsonville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Johnsonville, see the exposure-zones guide.