Midfield, AL
Midfield, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Midfield's 2,794 buildings earn a 58th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Midfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
77.6% of Midfield's 2,794 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 16.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Midfield ranks
Midfield's 58th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 20th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 38 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Midfield ranks 13,225 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,771 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 470 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Midfield
Midfield's elevated wildfire rating (58th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Midfield's 77.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Midfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,794 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Midfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what Midfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.