Walnut Grove (Sumner), TN
Walnut Grove (Sumner) wildfire risk explained
Walnut Grove (Sumner)'s 650 buildings earn a 25th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Walnut Grove (Sumner) at the 27th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
650 buildings are counted in Walnut Grove (Sumner), and 99.1% 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 Walnut Grove (Sumner) compares
Walnut Grove (Sumner)'s 25th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 10th ranking inside Tennessee does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 15 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walnut Grove (Sumner) ranks 23,561 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,205 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 452 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Walnut Grove (Sumner)
At the 25th national percentile, Walnut Grove (Sumner) rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.1% of Walnut Grove (Sumner) 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.
Where Walnut Grove (Sumner)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Walnut Grove (Sumner)'s 23,561-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Walnut Grove (Sumner)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.