Dutton, AL
Dutton wildfire risk explained
Dutton's 251 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dutton at the 77th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dutton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.5% of Dutton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 23.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 192 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Dutton compares
Dutton ranks lower within Alabama (54th percentile statewide) than its 73rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dutton ranks 8,528 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,092 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 274 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Dutton's 73rd-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 Dutton
With 76.5% of Dutton 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
Dutton's 73rd-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 Dutton, see the exposure-zones guide.