Sylvan Springs, AL
Sylvan Springs, AL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sylvan Springs sits at the 77th 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 1,000 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 Sylvan Springs at the 80th percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Sylvan Springs: 93.1% of its 1,000 buildings, versus 6.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Sylvan Springs against the rest of the country
Sylvan Springs 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, Sylvan Springs ranks 7,333 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 200 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Sylvan Springs and the insurance market
Sylvan Springs's high rating (77th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 93.1% of Sylvan Springs in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,000 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sylvan Springs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sylvan Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.