Good Hope, AL
How exposed is Good Hope to wildfire?
Good Hope sits at the 69th 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 1,663 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Good Hope at the 73rd percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 59.6% of Good Hope's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 991 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Good Hope against the rest of the country
Good Hope ranks lower within Alabama (43rd percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Good Hope ranks 9,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 339 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Good Hope
Good Hope's 69th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 59.6% of Good Hope 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 Good Hope's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Good Hope's 9,916-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Good Hope's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.