Moores Mill, AL
How exposed is Moores Mill to wildfire?
Moores Mill sits at the 20th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,703 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Moores Mill at the 22nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 63.5% of Moores Mill's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29% Indirect share and far above its 7.5% Minimal share — a profile where 2,352 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Moores Mill ranks
Moores Mill ranks lower within Alabama (1st percentile statewide) than its 20th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Moores Mill ranks 25,265 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,518 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 589 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Moores Mill
Moores Mill's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Moores Mill's 63.5% 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
Moores Mill's 20th-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 Moores Mill, see the exposure-zones guide.