Dodge City, AL
Dodge City, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dodge City lands at the 74th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 518 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dodge City at the 78th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dodge City's buildings actually sit
Of Dodge City's 518 counted buildings, 79.2% 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 Dodge City compares
Dodge City's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 56th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dodge City ranks 8,212 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,047 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 262 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dodge City
Dodge City's 74th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Dodge City
With 79.2% of Dodge City 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 518 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dodge City. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dodge City, see the exposure-zones guide.