Akron, AL
How exposed is Akron to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Akron at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 280 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Akron at the 59th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Akron's buildings actually sit
Of Akron's 280 counted buildings, 63.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Akron ranks
Akron's 56th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 15th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Akron ranks 13,697 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,173 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 502 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Akron's elevated wildfire rating (56th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63.6% of Akron 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
Akron's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Akron, see the exposure-zones guide.