Blountsville, AL
Blountsville, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Blountsville's 999 buildings earn a 74th-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 Blountsville at the 78th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
Where Blountsville's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 56.7% of Blountsville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 43.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 566 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Blountsville compares
Inside Alabama, Blountsville sits at just the 56th percentile even though it scores 74th 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, Blountsville ranks 8,181 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,940 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 261 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
Blountsville's high rating (74th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Blountsville's 56.7% 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.
Where Blountsville's figures come from
Blountsville's 74th-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 Blountsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.