Maytown, AL
Maytown, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maytown's 238 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maytown at the 79th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Maytown's buildings actually sit
238 buildings are counted in Maytown, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Maytown compares
Maytown scores 76th nationally and 64th 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, Maytown ranks 7,488 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,516 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 215 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Maytown and the insurance market
Maytown's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Maytown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Maytown's figures come from
Maytown'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 Maytown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.