Chickasaw, AL
Chickasaw, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Chickasaw lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 3,330 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Chickasaw at the 87th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Chickasaw's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Chickasaw (42.1% of 3,330 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 36.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Chickasaw against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Chickasaw's 87th national percentile and its 92nd percentile inside Alabama, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chickasaw ranks 4,083 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,003 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 51 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Chickasaw
Chickasaw's very high rating (87th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Chickasaw (42.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,330 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Chickasaw. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Chickasaw, see the exposure-zones guide.