Leesburg, AL
Leesburg wildfire risk explained
Leesburg sits at the 81st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 887 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leesburg at the 84th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Leesburg's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Leesburg: 70.1% of its 887 buildings, versus 24.5% Indirect and 5.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Leesburg against the rest of the country
Leesburg scores 81st nationally and 78th 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, Leesburg ranks 6,039 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 133 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Leesburg and the insurance market
At the 81st percentile nationally, Leesburg carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Leesburg's 70.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Leesburg's 81st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leesburg, see the exposure-zones guide.