North Johns, AL
North Johns wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Johns at the 75th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 77 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Johns's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
North Johns's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 89.6% of North Johns's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 69 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
North Johns against the rest of the country
North Johns's 75th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 60th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Johns ranks 7,803 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,993 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 240 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
North Johns and the insurance market
North Johns's high rating (75th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in North Johns (89.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where North Johns's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Johns's 7,803-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Johns's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.