Daviston, AL
Daviston wildfire risk explained
Daviston sits at the 85th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 208 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Daviston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Daviston's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Daviston's 208 counted buildings, 99.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Daviston compares
Daviston's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (85th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Daviston ranks 4,682 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,541 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 72 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Daviston
At the 85th percentile nationally, Daviston carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.5% of Daviston 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Daviston's 4,682-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Daviston, see the exposure-zones guide.