Roanoke, AL
Roanoke, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Roanoke's 3,091 buildings earn a 80th-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, Roanoke's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
Roanoke's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Roanoke's 3,091 counted buildings, 52.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Roanoke ranks
Roanoke's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alabama (76th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roanoke ranks 6,258 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,298 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 145 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Roanoke's very high rating (80th 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.
Hardening a home in Roanoke
Roanoke's 52.4% 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
Roanoke's 80th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Roanoke, see the exposure-zones guide.