Pikeville, TN
Pikeville, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pikeville sits at the 81st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,137 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 Pikeville at the 84th percentile, close to its 81st-percentile risk score.
Pikeville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 67.6% of Pikeville's 1,137 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 32.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Pikeville against the rest of the country
Pikeville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (81st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pikeville ranks 6,093 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,035 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 69 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Pikeville and the insurance market
At the 81st percentile nationally, Pikeville 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.
Hardening a home in Pikeville
Because 67.6% of Pikeville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Pikeville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,137 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pikeville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pikeville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.