Lanett, AL
Lanett, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lanett lands at the 76th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,635 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lanett at the 78th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Lanett's buildings (63.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Lanett against the rest of the country
Lanett's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (62nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lanett ranks 7,646 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,613 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 228 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lanett
Lanett's 76th-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
Because 63.6% of Lanett's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Lanett's figures come from
Lanett's 76th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lanett's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.