Silerton, TN
How exposed is Silerton to wildfire?
Silerton sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 88 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 Silerton at the 59th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
88 buildings are counted in Silerton, and 86.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Silerton compares
Silerton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (51st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silerton ranks 13,724 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,596 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 249 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
Silerton's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 86.4% of Silerton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 88 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Silerton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Silerton, see the exposure-zones guide.