Red Boiling Springs, TN
Red Boiling Springs, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Red Boiling Springs at the 38th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 598 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Red Boiling Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
Red Boiling Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Red Boiling Springs: 86.5% of its 598 buildings, versus 13.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Red Boiling Springs compares
Red Boiling Springs scores 38th nationally and 27th 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, Red Boiling Springs ranks 19,711 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 369 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 38th national percentile, Red Boiling Springs rates moderate 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Red Boiling Springs (86.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Red Boiling Springs's figures come from
Red Boiling Springs's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Red Boiling Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.