Springville, AL
Springville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Springville at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,197 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Springville at the 80th percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
Springville's building exposure, zone by zone
76.4% of Springville's 2,197 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,678 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 23.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Springville compares
Springville scores 77th nationally and 67th within Alabama — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Springville ranks 7,299 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,938 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 196 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Springville and the insurance market
At the 77th percentile nationally, Springville 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 Springville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Springville (76.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Springville's 7,299-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Springville, see the exposure-zones guide.