Atmore, AL
How exposed is Atmore to wildfire?
Atmore's 4,094 buildings earn a 80th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Atmore's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 48.1% of Atmore's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.6% Indirect share and far above its 9.3% Minimal share — a profile where 1,969 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Atmore ranks
There's little gap between Atmore's 80th national percentile and its 74th percentile inside Alabama, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Atmore ranks 6,384 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,144 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 155 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Atmore and the insurance market
At the 80th percentile nationally, Atmore carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 48.1% of Atmore 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 Atmore's 6,384-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Atmore, see the exposure-zones guide.