Whiteside, TN
Whiteside, TN's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Whiteside at the 83rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 158 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Whiteside at the 85th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Whiteside's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Whiteside: 96.2% of its 158 buildings, versus 3.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Whiteside compares
Whiteside's risk sits at a similar level relative to Tennessee (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (83rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whiteside ranks 5,495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,549 by building count (1 is largest). Within Tennessee alone, it ranks 50 of 502 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Tennessee on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Whiteside
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Whiteside carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.2% of Whiteside 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Whiteside's 5,495-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Whiteside, see the exposure-zones guide.