Elmore, AL
How exposed is Elmore to wildfire?
Elmore's 607 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Elmore at the 62nd percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
607 buildings are counted in Elmore, and 73.6% 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.
How Elmore compares
Elmore's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 23rd ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 36 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elmore ranks 12,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,723 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 453 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Elmore and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Elmore rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Elmore's 73.6% 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.
Where Elmore's figures come from
Elmore's 59th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Elmore's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.