Prichard, AL
Prichard, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Prichard's 10,858 buildings earn a 85th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Prichard's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Where Prichard's buildings actually sit
10,858 buildings are counted in Prichard, and 46.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 43% rated Minimal. At 10,858 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Prichard compares
Prichard's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (85th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prichard ranks 4,777 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,459 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 75 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Prichard and the insurance market
At the 85th percentile nationally, Prichard 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.
Hardening a home in Prichard
Prichard's 46.7% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 10,858 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Prichard. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Prichard, see the exposure-zones guide.