Centreville, AL
Centreville, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Centreville at the 68th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,590 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Centreville at the 71st percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
Where Centreville's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 77.1% of Centreville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 22.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,226 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Centreville compares
Centreville ranks lower within Alabama (42nd percentile statewide) than its 68th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Centreville ranks 10,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,800 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 344 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Centreville and the insurance market
At the 68th percentile nationally, Centreville carries the 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
Centreville's 77.1% 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 1,590 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Centreville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Centreville, see the exposure-zones guide.