Brewton, AL
Brewton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brewton lands at the 82nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 3,198 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brewton at the 84th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Brewton's buildings actually sit
55.6% of Brewton's 3,198 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,778 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Brewton against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Brewton's 82nd national percentile and its 82nd percentile inside Alabama, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brewton ranks 5,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,165 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 108 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 82nd percentile nationally, Brewton carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Brewton's 55.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,198 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brewton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brewton, see the exposure-zones guide.