Guin, AL
Guin, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Guin at the 60th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,341 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Guin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Where Guin's buildings actually sit
Of Guin's 1,341 counted buildings, 69.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Guin compares
Inside Alabama, Guin sits at just the 26th percentile even though it scores 60th 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, Guin ranks 12,626 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,873 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 439 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 60th national percentile, Guin rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Guin (69.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,341 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Guin. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Guin, see the exposure-zones guide.