Butler, AL
How exposed is Butler to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Butler at the 60th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,222 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Butler at the 61st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Butler's building exposure, zone by zone
1,222 buildings are counted in Butler, and 83.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Butler compares
Butler ranks lower within Alabama (25th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Butler ranks 12,751 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,520 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 444 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Butler
Butler's elevated wildfire rating (60th 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.
Hardening a home in Butler
With 83.3% of Butler in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Butler's 60th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Butler, see the exposure-zones guide.