Huntsville, AL
How exposed is Huntsville to wildfire?
Huntsville's 88,094 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Huntsville at the 31st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Huntsville's buildings actually sit
88,094 buildings are counted in Huntsville, and 49.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 21.1% in Direct exposure or the 29.5% rated Minimal. At 88,094 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Huntsville compares
Huntsville's 28th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Huntsville ranks 22,554 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 83 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 582 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Huntsville
Huntsville's moderate wildfire rating (28th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Huntsville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Huntsville (49.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Huntsville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 88,094 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Huntsville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Huntsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.