Forkland, AL
How exposed is Forkland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Forkland at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 316 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Forkland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
316 buildings are counted in Forkland, and 100% 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 Forkland compares
Inside Alabama, Forkland sits at just the 13th percentile even though it scores 56th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forkland ranks 13,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,199 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 514 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
Forkland's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Forkland 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
Forkland's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Forkland, see the exposure-zones guide.