Bridgeport, AL
How exposed is Bridgeport to wildfire?
Bridgeport's 1,486 buildings earn a 79th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bridgeport at the 83rd national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bridgeport's building exposure, zone by zone
59.8% of Bridgeport's 1,486 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 40.1% Direct and 0.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Bridgeport against the rest of the country
Bridgeport's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (71st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (79th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgeport ranks 6,699 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,221 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 172 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
Bridgeport's 79th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bridgeport's 59.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bridgeport's figures come from
Bridgeport's 79th-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 Bridgeport's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.