Egypt, AL
How exposed is Egypt to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Egypt lands at the 78th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 695 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Egypt's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Egypt: 99.6% of its 695 buildings, versus 0.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Egypt ranks
Egypt's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (69th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (78th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Egypt ranks 6,954 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,715 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 186 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Egypt
At the 78th percentile nationally, Egypt carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Egypt
Egypt's 99.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Egypt's 6,954-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Egypt, see the exposure-zones guide.