Silas, AL
How exposed is Silas to wildfire?
Silas sits at the 71st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 403 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Silas at the 71st percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
403 buildings are counted in Silas, and 93.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Silas compares
Silas's 71st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 48th ranking inside Alabama does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silas ranks 9,190 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,147 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 306 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Silas and the insurance market
At the 71st percentile nationally, Silas 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.
Hardening a home in Silas
Silas's 93.8% 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.
Where Silas's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Silas's 9,190-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Silas's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.