Redstone Arsenal, AL
How exposed is Redstone Arsenal to wildfire?
Redstone Arsenal sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,492 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Redstone Arsenal at the 36th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Redstone Arsenal's building exposure, zone by zone
67.6% of Redstone Arsenal's 1,492 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Redstone Arsenal compares
Redstone Arsenal's 33rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redstone Arsenal ranks 21,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,204 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 578 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Redstone Arsenal
At the 33rd national percentile, Redstone Arsenal rates moderate 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Redstone Arsenal (67.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Redstone Arsenal's 21,041-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Redstone Arsenal, see the exposure-zones guide.