Gallant, AL
How exposed is Gallant to wildfire?
Gallant sits at the 77th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 667 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gallant at the 80th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Gallant's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Gallant's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 667 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Gallant compares
There's little gap between Gallant's 77th national percentile and its 68th percentile inside Alabama, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gallant ranks 7,235 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,986 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 191 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Gallant and the insurance market
At the 77th percentile nationally, Gallant 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 Gallant
With 100% of Gallant 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gallant's 7,235-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gallant, see the exposure-zones guide.