Hissop, AL
How exposed is Hissop to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hissop lands at the 88th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 165 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hissop's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 90th percentile nationally.
Hissop's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Hissop's 165 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 165 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Hissop compares
Hissop scores 88th nationally and 93rd within Alabama — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hissop ranks 3,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,203 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 43 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Hissop and the insurance market
Hissop's very high rating (88th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hissop's 100% 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.
Where Hissop's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hissop's 3,895-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hissop's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.