Grant, AL
How exposed is Grant to wildfire?
USFS scores Grant at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 601 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
Where Grant's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 68.6% of Grant's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 412 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Grant compares
Grant's 68th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 41st ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grant ranks 10,198 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 348 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
At the 68th percentile nationally, Grant 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 68.6% of Grant 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 Grant's 10,198-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grant, see the exposure-zones guide.