Lester, AL
Lester, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Lester at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 111 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lester's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Lester's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lester's 111 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Lester ranks
Inside Alabama, Lester sits at just the 5th percentile even though it scores 46th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lester ranks 17,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,567 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 563 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lester
At the 46th national percentile, Lester rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Lester'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 Lester's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lester's 17,038-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lester's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.