Ashford, AL
How exposed is Ashford to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ashford at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,537 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 Ashford at the 57th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Ashford's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Ashford: 64.9% of its 1,537 buildings, versus 34.8% Indirect and 0.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Ashford ranks
Ashford ranks lower within Alabama (13th percentile statewide) than its 56th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashford ranks 14,012 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,997 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 516 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ashford
At the 56th national percentile, Ashford rates elevated 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
Ashford's 64.9% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ashford's 14,012-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ashford, see the exposure-zones guide.