Epes, AL
Epes wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Epes at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 330 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Epes's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 61st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Epes's 330 counted buildings, 96.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Epes against the rest of the country
Epes ranks lower within Alabama (21st percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Epes ranks 13,161 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,811 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 466 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Epes and the insurance market
Epes's elevated rating (58th 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 Epes
With 96.4% of Epes 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 330 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Epes. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Epes, see the exposure-zones guide.