Tennessee, IL
Tennessee, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Tennessee sits at the 14th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 156 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tennessee's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Where Tennessee's buildings actually sit
90.4% of Tennessee's 156 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 9.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Tennessee ranks
Tennessee's 51st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 14th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tennessee ranks 27,223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 717 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Tennessee and the insurance market
Tennessee's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Tennessee
Because 90.4% of Tennessee'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.
More on how this number was built
Tennessee's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Tennessee, see the exposure-zones guide.