Avon, AL
How exposed is Avon to wildfire?
USFS scores Avon at the 58th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 299 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Avon at the 59th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Avon's 299 counted buildings, 96% carry Direct exposure and only 3.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Avon ranks
Inside Alabama, Avon sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 58th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Avon ranks 13,350 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 480 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
At the 58th national percentile, Avon rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Avon
With 96% of Avon 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 Avon's figures come from
Avon's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Avon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.