Bon Secour, AL
Bon Secour, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bon Secour at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 875 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bon Secour's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Where Bon Secour's buildings actually sit
Of Bon Secour's 875 counted buildings, 86.9% carry Direct exposure and only 1.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Bon Secour ranks
Bon Secour's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (100th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bon Secour ranks 2,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,946 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 3 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bon Secour
Bon Secour's very high rating (93rd 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 Bon Secour
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bon Secour (86.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 875 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bon Secour. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bon Secour, see the exposure-zones guide.