Coffee Springs, AL
How exposed is Coffee Springs to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Coffee Springs lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 192 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Coffee Springs at the 63rd percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 89.1% of Coffee Springs's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 171 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Coffee Springs against the rest of the country
Coffee Springs's 62nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 31st ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coffee Springs ranks 11,837 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,147 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 407 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coffee Springs
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Coffee Springs 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.
Hardening a home in Coffee Springs
Because Direct exposure dominates in Coffee Springs (89.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Coffee Springs's 11,837-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Coffee Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.