Demopolis, AL
Demopolis wildfire risk explained
Demopolis sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,902 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Demopolis's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Where Demopolis's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Demopolis (66.9% of 3,902 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Demopolis ranks
Inside Alabama, Demopolis sits at just the 11th percentile even though it scores 54th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Demopolis ranks 14,422 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,338 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 528 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Demopolis and the insurance market
Demopolis's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 66.9% of Demopolis's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,902 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Demopolis. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Demopolis, see the exposure-zones guide.