Beatrice, AL
How exposed is Beatrice to wildfire?
Beatrice's 244 buildings earn a 63rd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beatrice at the 64th percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
Beatrice's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Beatrice's 244 counted buildings, 81.2% 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 Beatrice ranks
Beatrice ranks lower within Alabama (32nd percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beatrice ranks 11,680 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,321 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 403 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
Beatrice's high rating (63rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Beatrice
Beatrice's 81.2% 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 Beatrice's 11,680-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Beatrice, see the exposure-zones guide.