Tallassee, AL
How exposed is Tallassee to wildfire?
Tallassee's 2,903 buildings earn a 70th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tallassee's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
Tallassee's building exposure, zone by zone
54.1% of Tallassee's 2,903 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,570 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 45.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.2% are Minimal.
Tallassee against the rest of the country
Inside Alabama, Tallassee sits at just the 47th percentile even though it scores 70th 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, Tallassee ranks 9,381 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 316 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Tallassee and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, Tallassee 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tallassee (54.1%), 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 Tallassee's 9,381-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tallassee, see the exposure-zones guide.