Newbern, AL
Newbern, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Newbern at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 161 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newbern's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 66th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
161 buildings are counted in Newbern, 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.
Newbern against the rest of the country
Inside Alabama, Newbern sits at just the 31st percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Newbern ranks 11,840 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 410 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Newbern and the insurance market
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Newbern carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Newbern
With 100% of Newbern 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newbern's 11,840-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newbern, see the exposure-zones guide.