Eutaw, AL
Eutaw wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Eutaw at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,613 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Eutaw at the 59th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Eutaw's building exposure, zone by zone
1,613 buildings are counted in Eutaw, and 63.6% 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.
Where Eutaw ranks
Eutaw's 57th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eutaw ranks 13,634 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,718 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 500 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Eutaw and the insurance market
Eutaw's elevated wildfire rating (57th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63.6% of Eutaw 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.
Where Eutaw's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,613 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eutaw. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eutaw's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.