Saulsbury, TN
How exposed is Saulsbury to wildfire?
Saulsbury's 105 buildings earn a 75th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Saulsbury at the 78th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Saulsbury's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Saulsbury: 100% of its 105 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Saulsbury compares
Saulsbury scores 75th nationally and 77th 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, Saulsbury ranks 7,857 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,822 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 116 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saulsbury
Saulsbury's high rating (75th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Saulsbury's 100% 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.
Where Saulsbury's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Saulsbury's 7,857-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Saulsbury's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.