Brantley, AL
Brantley, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brantley at the 54th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 582 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brantley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Brantley's buildings actually sit
73.7% of Brantley's 582 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 429 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 26.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Brantley ranks
Brantley's 54th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 10th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brantley ranks 14,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 534 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brantley
Brantley's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Brantley's 73.7% 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 Brantley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brantley's 14,579-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brantley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.