Slayden, TN
Slayden, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Slayden at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 195 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Slayden at the 50th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Slayden's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 88.7% of Slayden's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 173 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Slayden ranks
There's little gap between Slayden's 48th national percentile and its 39th percentile inside Tennessee, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Slayden ranks 16,561 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 310 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Slayden
Slayden's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Slayden's 88.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 195 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Slayden. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Slayden, see the exposure-zones guide.