South Vinemont, AL
South Vinemont, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Vinemont lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 346 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 South Vinemont at the 71st percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of South Vinemont's buildings (68.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
South Vinemont against the rest of the country
Inside Alabama, South Vinemont sits at just the 41st percentile even though it scores 68th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Vinemont ranks 10,200 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,416 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 350 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
South Vinemont's high rating (68th 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 South Vinemont
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in South Vinemont (68.8% 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
South Vinemont's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond South Vinemont, see the exposure-zones guide.