Haleburg, AL
How exposed is Haleburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Haleburg at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 145 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Haleburg at the 64th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
93.8% of Haleburg's 145 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 136 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 6.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Haleburg against the rest of the country
Haleburg ranks lower within Alabama (31st 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, Haleburg ranks 11,838 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,054 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 408 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Haleburg
Haleburg's 62nd-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 93.8% of Haleburg 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 Haleburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Haleburg's 11,838-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Haleburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.