Clanton, AL
How exposed is Clanton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clanton at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 5,219 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clanton at the 79th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Clanton's buildings actually sit
Most of Clanton's buildings (52.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 5,219 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Clanton against the rest of the country
Clanton scores 76th nationally and 64th within Alabama — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clanton ranks 7,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,302 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 214 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 76th percentile nationally, Clanton 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Clanton (52.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Clanton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,219 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clanton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clanton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.