Dozier, AL
How exposed is Dozier to wildfire?
Dozier sits at the 56th 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 263 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dozier at the 58th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Dozier: 83.7% of its 263 buildings, versus 16.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Dozier against the rest of the country
Inside Alabama, Dozier sits at just the 15th percentile even though it scores 56th 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, Dozier ranks 13,728 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,715 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 503 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Dozier and the insurance market
Dozier's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Dozier
Because Direct exposure dominates in Dozier (83.7%), 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
Dozier's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dozier, see the exposure-zones guide.