Pigeon Forge, TN
Pigeon Forge wildfire risk explained
Pigeon Forge's 4,779 buildings earn a 84th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pigeon Forge at the 85th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Pigeon Forge's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pigeon Forge (56.5% of 4,779 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Pigeon Forge against the rest of the country
Pigeon Forge's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (84th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pigeon Forge ranks 5,178 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,573 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 35 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
At the 84th percentile nationally, Pigeon Forge 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Pigeon Forge's 56.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pigeon Forge's 5,178-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pigeon Forge, see the exposure-zones guide.