Pickensville, AL
How exposed is Pickensville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pickensville lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 526 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pickensville at the 57th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Where Pickensville's buildings actually sit
91.3% of Pickensville's 526 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 480 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 6.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 2.5% are Minimal.
Where Pickensville ranks
Inside Alabama, Pickensville sits at just the 12th percentile even though it scores 55th 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, Pickensville ranks 14,138 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,917 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 519 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Pickensville and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Pickensville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 91.3% of Pickensville 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.
Where Pickensville's figures come from
Pickensville's 55th-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 Pickensville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.