Edwardsville, AL
Edwardsville wildfire risk explained
Edwardsville 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 156 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Edwardsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Edwardsville's building exposure, zone by zone
156 buildings are counted in Edwardsville, and 86.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Edwardsville ranks
There's little gap between Edwardsville's 85th national percentile and its 89th percentile inside Alabama, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edwardsville ranks 4,619 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,597 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 68 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
At the 85th percentile nationally, Edwardsville 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
Edwardsville's 86.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 156 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edwardsville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Edwardsville, see the exposure-zones guide.