Ridgeville, AL
Ridgeville, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ridgeville lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 91 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 Ridgeville at the 82nd percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Ridgeville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 95.6% of Ridgeville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 4.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 87 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Ridgeville ranks
Ridgeville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (71st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (79th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridgeville ranks 6,668 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,433 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 171 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ridgeville
At the 79th percentile nationally, Ridgeville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Ridgeville's 95.6% 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 91 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ridgeville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ridgeville, see the exposure-zones guide.