New Site, AL
How exposed is New Site to wildfire?
New Site's 643 buildings earn a 87th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Site at the 90th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Site's buildings actually sit
Of New Site's 643 counted buildings, 99.5% 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 New Site ranks
New Site's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (91st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (87th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Site ranks 4,178 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,281 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 53 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 87th percentile nationally, New Site 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.
What would actually reduce this score
New Site's 99.5% 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.
Where New Site's figures come from
New Site's 87th-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 New Site's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.