Hollis Crossroads, AL
Hollis Crossroads, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hollis Crossroads's 563 buildings earn a 92nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hollis Crossroads's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 99.5% of Hollis Crossroads's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 560 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Hollis Crossroads against the rest of the country
Hollis Crossroads scores 92nd nationally and 99th 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, Hollis Crossroads ranks 2,665 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,348 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 7 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Hollis Crossroads and the insurance market
Hollis Crossroads's 92nd-percentile, very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hollis Crossroads (99.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hollis Crossroads's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hollis Crossroads's 2,665-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hollis Crossroads's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.