Greensboro, AL
Greensboro, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Greensboro at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,363 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Greensboro at the 64th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Where Greensboro's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 59.4% of Greensboro's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 810 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Greensboro ranks
Greensboro ranks lower within Alabama (29th percentile statewide) than its 62nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greensboro ranks 12,089 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,769 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 420 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Greensboro and the insurance market
Greensboro's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Greensboro's 59.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Greensboro's 62nd-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 Greensboro, see the exposure-zones guide.